article
French, noun/aʁ.tikl/
article is spelled A-R-T-I-C-L-E (7 letters) and appears 257 times per million words in written French, the 327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Article is a French masculine noun meaning “article (a piece of nonfictional writing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Phalange de la main ou du pied”.
What does article mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearticle (a piece of nonfictional writing)
- 2
masculinearticle
- 3
masculinemerchandise, sales article
- 4
masculinesection (of a law)
- 5
datedmasculinejoint, articulation
- 6
masculinemoment (only in the phrase à l'article de la mort)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phalange de la main ou du pied. 2. Articulation, jointure des os. 3. Parties des membres des insectes qui peuvent se mouvoir les unes sur les autres. 4. Portion d’une tige ou d’un rameau comprise entre deux articulations ou nœuds.
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 article
- articles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce article?
- /aʁ.tikl/
- \aʁ.tikl\
- [aʁ.tikl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to article
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is article in French?
article appears 257 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).