ophiure
French, noun/ɔ.fjyʁ/
ophiure is spelled O-P-H-I-U-R-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ophiure is a French feminine noun meaning “ophiuroid, brittle star” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Membre de la classe des ophiurides, échinodermes proches des étoiles de mer constitués d'un disque et de 5…”.
What does ophiure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineophiuroid, brittle star
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Membre de la classe des ophiurides, échinodermes proches des étoiles de mer constitués d'un disque et de 5 bras très fins faisant penser à des queues de serpents.
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 ophiure
- ophiures plural
- ophyure rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ophiure?
- /ɔ.fjyʁ/
- \ɔ.fjyʁ\
- [ɔ.fjyʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ophiure in French?
ophiure appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).