bilatéral
French, adjective/bi.la.te.ʁal/
bilatéral is spelled B-I-L-A-T-É-R-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,908th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bilatéral is a French adjective meaning “bilateral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a deux côtés symétriques”.
What does bilatéral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bilateral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a deux côtés symétriques. 2. Entre deux parties. 3. Qui est réciproque, qui assigne des obligations aux deux parties contractantes → voir synallagmatique. 4. Se dit d’un mode de descendance ou filiation passant aussi bien et indifféremment par les hommes que par les femmes → voir cognatique.
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 bilatéral
- bilatérale feminine
- bilatéraux masculine plural
- bilatérales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bilatéral?
- /bi.la.te.ʁal/
- \bi.la.te.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 bilatéral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bilatéral in French?
bilatéral appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).