méphistophélique
French, adjective\me.fis.tɔ.fe.lik\
méphistophélique is spelled M-É-P-H-I-S-T-O-P-H-É-L-I-Q-U-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written French, the 264,399th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méphistophélique is a French adjective meaning “Mephistophelean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a la méchanceté de Méphistophélès”.
What does méphistophélique mean in English?
adjective
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Mephistophelean
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la méchanceté de Méphistophélès. 2. Qui rappelle l’apparence physique ou le caractère du démon nommé Méphistophélès dans la légende de Faust.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of méphistophélique
- méphistophéliques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méphistophélique?
- \me.fis.tɔ.fe.lik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is méphistophélique in French?
méphistophélique appears about once in every 71 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).