boréal
French, adjective/bɔ.ʁe.al/
boréal is spelled B-O-R-É-A-L (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boréal is a French adjective meaning “boreal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est ou qui se montre du côté du pôle Nord”.
What does boréal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
boreal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est ou qui se montre du côté du pôle Nord. 2. Qui concerne le Boréal, étage stratigraphique de l’Holocène dans le Cénozoïque.
noun: 1. Étage stratigraphique de l’Holocène dans le Cénozoïque.
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 boréal
- boréale feminine
- boréaux masculine plural
- boréales feminine plural
- Boréaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boréal?
- /bɔ.ʁe.al/
- \bɔ.ʁe.al\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boréal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boréal in French?
boréal appears 1.1 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).