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applicable

French, adjective/a.pli.kabl/

applicable is spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Applicable is a French adjective meaning “applicable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui doit ou peut être appliqué”.

What does applicable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    applicable

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui doit ou peut être appliqué.

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 applicable

  • applicables plural

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

How do you pronounce applicable?

  • /a.pli.kabl/
  • \a.pli.kabl\

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

English words that translate to applicable

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

How common is applicable in French?

applicable appears 7.4 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).

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