néphéline
French, noun\ne.fe.lin\
néphéline is spelled N-É-P-H-É-L-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Néphéline is a French feminine noun meaning “nepheline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Silicate double d’alumine et de soude qui se trouve dans les environs de Rome”.
What does néphéline mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenepheline
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Silicate double d’alumine et de soude qui se trouve dans les environs de Rome.
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 néphéline
- néphélines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce néphéline?
- \ne.fe.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is néphéline in French?
néphéline appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).