aural
French, adjective/o.ʁal/
aural is spelled A-U-R-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aural is a French adjective meaning “sound; aural” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est transmis par l’écoute, l’imitation et la mémorisation. Couramment concomitant au caractère oral d'un…”.
What does aural mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sound; aural
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est transmis par l’écoute, l’imitation et la mémorisation. Couramment concomitant au caractère oral d'un phénomène.
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 aural
- aurale feminine
- auraux masculine plural
- aurales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aural?
- /o.ʁal/
- /ɔ.ʁal/
- \o.ʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aural
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aural in French?
aural appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).