étal
French, noun/e.tal/
étal is spelled É-T-A-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étal is a French masculine noun meaning “stall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de table sur laquelle les bouchers débitent la viande”.
What does étal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestall
- 2
masculinebutcher's block
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de table sur laquelle les bouchers débitent la viande. 2. Table où sont exposées les marchandises dans un marché public. 3. Boutique même où l’on vend de la viande.
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 étal
- étals plural
- étaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étal?
- /e.tal/
- \e.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 étal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is étal in French?
étal 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).