distal
French, adjective/dis.tal/
distal is spelled D-I-S-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 83,718th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distal is a French adjective meaning “distal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est le plus éloigné du corps, du centre d’un organe, de l’origine d'une structure ou du point d’attache…”.
What does distal mean in English?
adjective
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distal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est le plus éloigné du corps, du centre d’un organe, de l’origine d'une structure ou du point d’attache d’un membre au tronc. 2. Qui est le plus éloigné de la personne qui parle. 3. Qui est le plus éloigné d'un lieu ou d’un moment.
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 distal
- distale feminine
- distaux masculine plural
- distales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distal?
- /dis.tal/
- \dis.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 distal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distal in French?
distal appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).