saphique
French, adjective/sa.fik/
saphique is spelled S-A-P-H-I-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saphique is a French adjective meaning “of Sappho; Sapphic (relating to the Greek poet Sappho or her poetry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie les vers composés de trois trochées et de deux ïambes suivis d’une syllabe finale, en usage chez les…”.
What does saphique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Sappho; Sapphic (relating to the Greek poet Sappho or her poetry)
- 2
sapphic (lesbian)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie les vers composés de trois trochées et de deux ïambes suivis d’une syllabe finale, en usage chez les grecs et les latins, et dont l’invention est attribuée à Sappho. 2. Qualifie la strophe composée de trois vers saphiques et d’un adonique. 3. Relatif au saphisme, au lesbianisme. 4. Qui est une femme ou personne non-binaire aimant les femmes ; terme regroupant les lesbiennes, les bisexuelles et les pansexuelles.
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 saphique
- saphiques plural
- sapphique
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saphique?
- /sa.fik/
- \sa.fik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saphique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saphique in French?
saphique appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).