chacal
French, noun/ʃa.kal/
chacal is spelled C-H-A-C-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,322nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chacal is a French masculine noun meaning “jackal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom pouvant désigner plusieurs espèces de Canidés carnivore d’Afrique et d’Eurasie, de taille moyenne ou…”.
What does chacal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejackal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom pouvant désigner plusieurs espèces de Canidés carnivore d’Afrique et d’Eurasie, de taille moyenne ou petite. 2. Individu (mâle ou de sexe non identifié) d’une de ces espèces. 3. Personne sournoise et opportuniste.
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 chacal
- chacals plural
- chacaux plural
- chacale
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chacal?
- /ʃa.kal/
- \ʃa.kal\
- [ʃa.kal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chacal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chacal in French?
chacal 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).