orphelin
French, noun/ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃/
orphelin is spelled O-R-P-H-E-L-I-N (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orphelin is a French masculine noun meaning “orphan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfant qui a perdu son père et sa mère”.
What does orphelin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorphan
adjective
- 1
orphaned
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a perdu son père et sa mère, ou l’un des deux. 2. Qui a perdu ses parents, parrains et marraines, supérieurs ou antécédents. 3. Qui n’a pas d’hyperlien pointant vers lui.
noun: 1. Enfant qui a perdu son père et sa mère. 2. Enfant qui a perdu son père ou sa mère → voir demi-orphelin et semi-orphelin. 3. Cigarette unitaire, mégot.
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 orphelin
- orphelins plural
- orpheline feminine
- orphelines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orphelin?
- /ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃/
- \ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃\
- [ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orphelin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orphelin in French?
orphelin appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).