cérémonial
French, adjective/se.ʁe.mɔ.njal/
cérémonial is spelled C-É-R-É-M-O-N-I-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cérémonial is a French adjective meaning “ceremonial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de cérémoniel”.
What does cérémonial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ceremonial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Usage réglé touchant les cérémonies religieuses ou politiques. 2. Cérémonie, civilité que les particuliers observent les uns envers les autres.
adjective: 1. Variante de cérémoniel.
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 cérémonial
- cérémoniale feminine
- cérémonials masculine plural
- cérémoniaux masculine plural
- cérémoniales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cérémonial?
- /se.ʁe.mɔ.njal/
- \se.ʁe.mɔ.njal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cérémonial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cérémonial in French?
cérémonial 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).