diurnal
French, noun/djyʁ.nal/
diurnal is spelled D-I-U-R-N-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diurnal is a French masculine noun meaning “diurnal (book)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans l'Église catholique, bréviaire abrégé, qui, à l'exception des matines et quelquefois des laudes, ne…”.
What does diurnal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediurnal (book)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans l'Église catholique, bréviaire abrégé, qui, à l'exception des matines et quelquefois des laudes, ne contient que les offices récités au cours de la journée.
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte au temps considéré jour après jour ; quotidien. 2. Actes diurnaux : dans l’antiquité romaine, registre officiel où étaient consignés jour après jour les événements publics.
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 diurnal
- diurnaux plural
- diurnale singular feminine
- diurnales plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diurnal?
- /djyʁ.nal/
- \djyʁ.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is diurnal in French?
diurnal appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).