décimal
French, adjective/de.si.mal/
décimal is spelled D-É-C-I-M-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décimal is a French adjective meaning “decimal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui va de dix en dix, qui a pour base 10”.
What does décimal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
decimal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui va de dix en dix, qui a pour base 10.
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 décimal
- décimale feminine
- décimaux masculine plural
- décimales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décimal?
- /de.si.mal/
- \de.si.mal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décimal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décimal in French?
décimal appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).