opaline
French, adjective/ɔ.pa.lin/
opaline is spelled O-P-A-L-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opaline is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of opalin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “De couleur vert moyen, pâle et laiteux, tirant légèrement sur le bleu. #97DFC6”.
What does opaline mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of opalin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verre à l’aspect blanc laiteux et aux reflets irisés. 2. Protiste zooflagellé, micro-organisme de la famille des Opalinidae, vivant dans l’intestin des vertébrés à sang froid.
adjective: 1. De couleur vert moyen, pâle et laiteux, tirant légèrement sur le bleu. #97DFC6
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 opaline
- opalines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opaline?
- /ɔ.pa.lin/
- \ɔ.pa.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is opaline in French?
opaline appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).