archal
French, noun/aʁ.ʃal/
archal is spelled A-R-C-H-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Archal is a French masculine noun meaning “brass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does archal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerarebrass
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alliage de cuivre et de zinc proche du laiton. Presque uniquement utilisé dans l'expression fil d’archal.
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 archal
- archaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce archal?
- /aʁ.ʃal/
- \aʁ.ʃal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is archal in French?
archal appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).