annal
French, adjective/a.nal/
annal is spelled A-N-N-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Annal is a French adjective meaning “usable or available only for one year” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ne dure qu’un an, qui n’est valable que pendant un an”.
What does annal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
usable or available only for one year
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne dure qu’un an, qui n’est valable que pendant un an. 2. Qualifie la possession paisible, publique, non interrompue, et à titre non précaire, pendant un an et un jour.
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 annal
- annale feminine
- annaux masculine plural
- annales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce annal?
- /a.nal/
- \a.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is annal in French?
annal appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).