féodal
French, adjective/fe.ɔ.dal/
féodal is spelled F-É-O-D-A-L (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Féodal is a French adjective meaning “feudal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient à un fief, qui concerne un fief”.
What does féodal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
feudal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à un fief, qui concerne un fief. 2. Qui concerne les usages, les coutumes, la société de la féodalité.
noun: 1. Seigneur féodal. 2. Personne de la classe dominante dans une société de castes. 3. Personne de la classe des gros propriétaires ou des gros actionnaires.
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 féodal
- féodale feminine
- féodaux masculine plural
- féodales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce féodal?
- /fe.ɔ.dal/
- \fe.ɔ.dal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to féodal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is féodal in French?
féodal appears 1.6 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).