raphé
French, noun/ʁa.fe/
raphé is a French masculine noun meaning “raphe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entrecroisement de fibres musculaires, tendineuses ou nerveuses provenant d’organes symétriques, au niveau de…”.
What does raphé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineraphe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entrecroisement de fibres musculaires, tendineuses ou nerveuses provenant d’organes symétriques, au niveau de leur ligne médiane. 2. structure qui permet aux cellules de diatomées de se déplacer sur des surfaces.
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 raphé
- raphés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raphé?
- /ʁa.fe/
- \ʁa.fe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raphé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raphé in French?
raphé appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).