silphe
French, noun\silf\
silphe is spelled S-I-L-P-H-E (6 letters). Silphe is a French masculine noun meaning “carrion beetle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coléoptère des régions froides et tempérées se nourrissant de cadavres, de mollusques, d'excréments et…”.
What does silphe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarrion beetle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coléoptère des régions froides et tempérées se nourrissant de cadavres, de mollusques, d'excréments et quelquefois de végétaux.
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 silphe
- silphes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce silphe?
- \silf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.