lipsanothèque
\lip.sa.no.tɛk\
The verdict
“lipsanothèque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reliquaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lipsanotheque · lipsanothèque · French
lipsanothèque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lipsanothèque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lip.sa.no.tɛk\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lipsanothèque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lipsanothèque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lip.sa.no.tɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reliquaire.".
lipsanothèque doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is lipsanothèque, spelled L-I-P-S-A-N-O-T-H-È-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Reliquaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lipsanothèque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’inscription grecque atteste l’usage de cet ensemble comme lipsanothèque chrétienne orientale.
Les larmes aux yeux, il mania le marteau et le ciseau pour entamer la pierre du maître-autel et en extraire la petite lipsanothèque de bois qui conservait les reliques des saints.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.