ophicléide
French, noun/ɔ.fi.kle.id/
ophicléide is spelled O-P-H-I-C-L-É-I-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ophicléide is a French masculine noun meaning “ophicleide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de cuivre employé au XIXᵉ siècle dans les églises, l’orchestre symphonique et les musiques…”.
What does ophicléide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineophicleide
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de cuivre employé au XIXᵉ siècle dans les églises, l’orchestre symphonique et les musiques militaires, et qui remplaça l’ancien serpent d’église et militaire. Il est fabriqué en cuivre et muni de clefs.
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 ophicléide
- ophicléides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ophicléide?
- /ɔ.fi.kle.id/
- \ɔ.fi.kle.id\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ophicléide in French?
ophicléide appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).