orpheline

Borrowed from French orphelin. See orphan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)fəlɪn/

orpheline (plural orphelines)

1. (obsolete) An orphan.

• “orpheline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.fə.lin/

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orpheline

1. feminine singular of orphelin