autel
French, noun/ɔ.tɛl/
autel is spelled A-U-T-E-L (5 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,048th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autel is a French masculine noun meaning “altar (in a church)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Table ou monument, en bois ou en pierre, à l’usage des sacrifices”.
What does autel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtar (in a church)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Table ou monument, en bois ou en pierre, à l’usage des sacrifices. 2. Table où l’on célèbre la messe, chez les chrétiens. 3. Droit de jouir des oblations et des revenus casuels d'une église. 4. Religion, culte religieux.
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 autel
- autels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autel?
- /ɔ.tɛl/
- /o.tɛl/
- \o.tɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to autel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autel in French?
autel appears 9.3 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).