capital
French, noun/ka.pi.tal/
capital is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written French, the 1,660th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capital is a French masculine noun meaning “capital (money and wealth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Principal d’une dette, d’une rente”.
What does capital mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecapital (money and wealth)
adjective
- 1
capital (important)
La peine capitale est abolie en France depuis les années 1980.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est principal. 2. Qui a rapport à la tête. 3. Qui est en tête. 4. Qui est d'une très grande importance ; qui est primordial.
noun: 1. Principal d’une dette, d’une rente. 2. Fonds commercial ou industriel ; sommes que l’on fait valoir dans quelque entreprise. 3. Biens capitalisés ou accumulés par une production antérieure et employés dans un processus de production. 4. Somme de richesses que possède un individu, une société, une nation.
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 capital
- capitaux plural
- capitale feminine
- capitales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce capital?
- /ka.pi.tal/
- \ka.pi.tal\
- [ka.pi.tal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to capital
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capital in French?
capital appears 50 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).