accidentel
French, adjective/ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl/
accidentel is spelled A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T-E-L (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accidentel is a French adjective meaning “accidental (happening by chance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui arrive par accident”.
What does accidentel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
accidental (happening by chance)
mort accidentelle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui arrive par accident. 2. Qui n’est dans un sujet que par accident et qui pourrait ne pas y être sans que le sujet fût détruit.
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 accidentel
- accidentelle feminine
- accidentels masculine plural
- accidentelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accidentel?
- /ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl/
- \ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl\
- [ak.si.dɑ̃.tɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accidentel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accidentel in French?
accidentel appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).