orpin
French, noun/ɔʁ.pɛ̃/
orpin is a French masculine noun meaning “orpine (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante à feuilles charnues, à fleurs à cinq pétales, qui croît sur les toits, sur les murs”.
What does orpin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorpine (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante à feuilles charnues, à fleurs à cinq pétales, qui croît sur les toits, sur les murs. 2. Orpiment.
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 orpin
- orpins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orpin?
- /ɔʁ.pɛ̃/
- \ɔʁ.pɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orpin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orpin in French?
orpin appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).