orphique
French, adjective/ɔʁ.fik/
orphique is a French adjective meaning “Orphic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se rapporte à Orphée”.
What does orphique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Orphic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte à Orphée. 2. Relatif à l'orphisme ; aux doctrines, aux mystères, qu’Orphée passait pour avoir établis.
noun: 1. Philosophe pythagoricien prétendant avoir reçu d’Orphée les doctrines qu’il professait.
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 orphique
- orphiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orphique?
- /ɔʁ.fik/
- \ɔʁ.fik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orphique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orphique in French?
orphique appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).