banal
French, adjective/ba.nal/
banal is spelled B-A-N-A-L (5 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banal is a French adjective meaning “owned by feudal lords” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient à un seigneur, et dont les paysans se servent en échange d’une redevance”.
What does banal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
owned by feudal lords
- 2
public, shared
un four banal
- 3
banal, trite, commonplace
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à un seigneur, et dont les paysans se servent en échange d’une redevance. 2. Commun, en parlant de biens dont le public a la jouissance.
adjective: 1. Qui se met à la disposition de tout le monde. 2. Commun, très employé, trivial, ordinaire.
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 banal
- banale feminine
- banals masculine plural
- banaux masculine plural
- banales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce banal?
- /ba.nal/
- \ba.nal\
- [ba.nal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to banal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is banal in French?
banal appears 5.9 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).