expérimental
French, adjective/ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tal/
expérimental is spelled E-X-P-É-R-I-M-E-N-T-A-L (12 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Expérimental is a French adjective meaning “experimental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est fondé sur l’expérience scientifique, l'expérimentation”.
What does expérimental mean in English?
adjective
- 1
experimental
des résultats expérimentaux et théoriques
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est fondé sur l’expérience scientifique, l'expérimentation. 2. Qui est le fruit d'une expérimentation dont le résultat pourrait s'avérer aléatoire ou marginal.
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 expérimental
- expérimentale feminine
- expérimentaux masculine plural
- expérimentales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce expérimental?
- /ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.tal/
- \ɛk.spe.ʁi.mɑ̃.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 expérimental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is expérimental in French?
expérimental appears 4.5 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).