orthorexie
French, noun/ɔʁ.tɔ.ʁɛk.si/
orthorexie is spelled O-R-T-H-O-R-E-X-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orthorexie is a French feminine noun meaning “orthorexia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Doctrine obsessionnelle consistant à ne manger que ce qui est considéré comme sain, bon pour la santé”.
What does orthorexie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineorthorexia
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Doctrine obsessionnelle consistant à ne manger que ce qui est considéré comme sain, bon pour la santé. 2. Trouble du comportement alimentaire consistant à porter une attention excessive, obsessionnelle et pathologique à la nature et à la qualité de son alimentation.
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 orthorexie
- orthorexies plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orthorexie?
- /ɔʁ.tɔ.ʁɛk.si/
- \ɔʁ.to.ʁɛk.si\
- [ɔʁ.to.ʁɛk.ɬ͡si]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orthorexie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orthorexie in French?
orthorexie appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).