Polyglot Dictionary

orphelin

/ɔʁ.fə.lɛ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les orphelins

Meaning

  1. orphan

    • L'orphelin grandit dans un foyer.

      The orphan grows up in a shelter.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Waise

Waise is the German word for the same thing — both mean "orphan."

Spanish

huérfano

huérfano is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "orphan."

Portuguese

órfão

órfão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "orphan."

Practice

1 What does orphelin mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'___ grandit dans un foyer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches orphelin?

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