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orpheline

/ˈɔː(ɹ)fəlɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-phe-line
IPA
/ˈɔː(ɹ)fəlɪn/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orphan.

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French orphelin. See orphan.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

orphelines (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce orpheline?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔː(ɹ)fəlɪn/.
What does orpheline mean?
An orphan.
Where does orpheline come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce orpheline

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