orphelinat
French, noun/ɔʁ.fə.li.na/
orphelinat is spelled O-R-P-H-E-L-I-N-A-T (10 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orphelinat is a French masculine noun meaning “orphanage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Établissement charitable destiné à élever des orphelins”.
What does orphelinat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorphanage
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Établissement charitable destiné à élever des orphelins.
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 orphelinat
- orphelinats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orphelinat?
- /ɔʁ.fə.li.na/
- \ɔʁ.fə.li.na\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orphelinat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orphelinat in French?
orphelinat appears 2.1 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).