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antipersonnel

French, adjective/ɑ̃.ti.pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl/

antipersonnel is a French adjective meaning “antipersonnel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dirigé contre les personnes, destiné à tuer ou invalider soldats ou civils”.

What does antipersonnel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    antipersonnel

    des mines antipersonnel

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Dirigé contre les personnes, destiné à tuer ou invalider soldats ou civils.

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 antipersonnel

  • antipersonnelle feminine
  • antipersonnels masculine plural
  • antipersonnelles feminine plural
  • anti-personnel alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce antipersonnel?

  • /ɑ̃.ti.pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl/
  • \ɑ̃.ti.pɛʁ.sɔ.nɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to antipersonnel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is antipersonnel in French?

antipersonnel appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).