porphyre
French, noun/pɔʁ.fiʁ/
porphyre is spelled P-O-R-P-H-Y-R-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porphyre is a French masculine noun meaning “porphyry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné au granite contenant de grands cristaux d’orthose, formés en profondeur”.
What does porphyre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineporphyry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné au granite contenant de grands cristaux d’orthose, formés en profondeur.
adjective: 1. Taché de rouge, comme le porphyre.
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 porphyre
- porphyres plural
- porphyrés plural masculine
- porphyrée singular feminine
- porphyrées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce porphyre?
- /pɔʁ.fiʁ/
- \pɔʁ.fiʁ\
- \pɔʁ.fi.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to porphyre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is porphyre in French?
porphyre appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).