parhélie
French, noun/pa.ʁe.li/
parhélie is spelled P-A-R-H-É-L-I-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parhélie is a French feminine noun meaning “parhelion (bright spot in the sky due to refraction of the sun by ice crystals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Phénomène atmosphérique désignant la manifestation visible des rayons du soleil qui traversent les cristaux…”.
What does parhélie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparhelion (bright spot in the sky due to refraction of the sun by ice crystals)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phénomène atmosphérique désignant la manifestation visible des rayons du soleil qui traversent les cristaux de glace contenus dans un nuage et colorisent ce dernier. 2. Image du soleil réfléchie sur une partie du halo.
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 parhélie
- parhélies plural
- parélie alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parhélie?
- /pa.ʁe.li/
- \pa.ʁe.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is parhélie in French?
parhélie appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).