orphie
French, noun/ɔʁ.fi/
orphie is a French feminine noun meaning “garfish (Belone belone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson serpentiforme au long bec armé de fines dents très acérées de la famille des bélonidés dont le nom…”.
What does orphie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegarfish (Belone belone)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poisson serpentiforme au long bec armé de fines dents très acérées de la famille des bélonidés dont le nom scientifique est Belone belone et qui se rencontre dans les eaux salées et saumâtres de l'Atlantique Nord, la mer Méditerranée et de la mer Noire.
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 orphie
- orphies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orphie?
- /ɔʁ.fi/
- \ɔʁ.fi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orphie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orphie in French?
orphie appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).