évangile
French, noun/e.vɑ̃.ʒil/
évangile is spelled É-V-A-N-G-I-L-E (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written French, the 11,014th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Évangile is a French masculine noun meaning “gospel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Récit de la vie de Jésus”.
What does évangile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegospel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Récit de la vie de Jésus. 2. Un des quatre récits de la vie de Jésus qui ouvrent le Nouveau Testament, respectivement attribués à Matthieu, Marc, Luc et Jean, et reconnus comme canoniques par l'Église et la majorité des confessions chrétiennes. 3. (Collectivement) Ensemble des quatre évangiles canoniques. 4. Doctrine de Jésus-Christ.
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 évangile
- évangiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce évangile?
- /e.vɑ̃.ʒil/
- \e.vɑ̃.ʒil\
- [e.vɑ̃.ʒil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to évangile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is évangile in French?
évangile appears 5.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).