opiner
\ɔ.pi.ne\
The verdict
“opiner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dire oui (en bougeant la tête).
Corpus desk
Index FR-opiner · opiner · French
opiner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opiner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɔ.pi.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
opiner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɔ.pi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for opiner, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is opiner, spelled O-P-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dire oui (en bougeant la tête).
- 2Dire son avis dans une assemblée, dans une compagnie, sur un sujet qui a été mis en délibération.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how opiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On désire qu’il soit défendu de rapporter des procès, et d’opiner à huis-clos.
– On dirait qu’une société secrète les subtilise les uns après les autres, – opina Bert.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.