orpiment
French, noun/ɔʁ.pi.mɑ̃/
orpiment is a French masculine noun meaning “orpiment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sulfure d’arsenic (III) (As₂S₃) qui se sublime dans les fissures des matières volcaniques, et dont on se sert…”.
What does orpiment mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorpiment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D’un beau jaune doré pouvant tirer sur l’orangé profond. #FCD21C
noun: 1. Sulfure d’arsenic (III) (As₂S₃) qui se sublime dans les fissures des matières volcaniques, et dont on se sert pour peindre en jaune, et aussi comme épilatoire.
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 orpiment
- orpiments plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orpiment?
- /ɔʁ.pi.mɑ̃/
- \ɔʁ.pi.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orpiment
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orpiment in French?
orpiment appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).