canal
French, noun/ka.nal/
canal is spelled C-A-N-A-L (5 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written French, the 1,953rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canal is a French masculine noun meaning “canal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Conduit par où l’eau passe”.
What does canal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecanal
- 2
masculinechannel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conduit par où l’eau passe. 2. Voies naturelles par lesquelles les eaux, les vapeurs, les gaz, etc., circulent dans le sein de la terre, y pénètrent ou s’en échappent. 3. Vaisseau. – Note d’usage : il se dit plus particulièrement de certaines parties dont les unes servent de couloirs à des substances liquides ou molles et dont d’autres renferment des organes particuliers. 4. Lit ou cours d’une rivière.
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 canal
- canaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canal?
- /ka.nal/
- \ka.nal\
- [ɛ ka.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 canal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canal in French?
canal appears 43 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).