capsule
French, noun
capsule is spelled C-A-P-S-U-L-E (7 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capsule is a French feminine noun meaning “capsule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, capsulé is a different word: “capsular”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit sec déhiscent, contenant de nombreuses graines, qui s'ouvre par plusieurs fentes, parfois par un…”.
What does capsule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecapsule
- 2
femininebottle cap
- 3
femininecap or primer for a gun
- 4
Quebecfemininevideo or audio presentation
adjective
- 1
capsular
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit sec déhiscent, contenant de nombreuses graines, qui s'ouvre par plusieurs fentes, parfois par un couvercle ou par des pores. 2. Partie en forme de sac ou de poche, de certaines enveloppes membraneuses. 3. Vase en forme de calotte sphérique dont on se sert principalement pour l’évaporation des liquides. 4. Enveloppe gommeuse soluble et sans goût dont on entoure certains médicaments désagréables à prendre ou qui sont sous forme liquide.
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 capsule
- capsules plural
- capsulée feminine
- capsulés masculine plural
- capsulées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to capsule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is capsule in French?
capsule appears 5.1 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).