sphinge
French, noun
sphinge is spelled S-P-H-I-N-G-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sphinge is a French feminine noun meaning “sphinx (a sculpture representing the Sphinx of Greek mythology)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sphinge is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of sphinge (“a sculpture representing…”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le sphinx de la mythologie grecque, qui est féminin par définition”.
What does sphinge mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesphinx (a sculpture representing the Sphinx of Greek mythology)
noun
- 1
femininealternative letter-case form of sphinge (“a sculpture representing the Sphinx of Greek mythology”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le sphinx de la mythologie grecque, qui est féminin par définition. 2. Une femme mystérieuse, à l’image de la sphinge grecque.
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 sphinge
- sphinges plural
- sphinx alternative
- Sphinges plural
- Sphinx alternative
- sphynge
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sphinge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sphinge in French?
sphinge appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).