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fonctionnel

French, adjective/fɔ̃k.sjɔ.nɛl/

fonctionnel is spelled F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-L (11 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fonctionnel is a French adjective meaning “functional (related to functions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la fonction”.

What does fonctionnel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    functional (related to functions)

  2. 2

    functional (able to be used)

  3. 3

    of bodily functions

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif à la fonction. 2. Qui est bien adapté à sa fonction. 3. Qui est en état de marche, qui fonctionne. 4. Relatif aux fonctions du corps.

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 fonctionnel

  • fonctionnelle feminine
  • fonctionnels masculine plural
  • fonctionnelles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fonctionnel?

  • /fɔ̃k.sjɔ.nɛl/
  • \fɔ̃k.sjɔ.nɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fonctionnel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fonctionnel in French?

fonctionnel appears 4.2 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).

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