fractal
French, noun/fʁak.tal/
fractal is spelled F-R-A-C-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 66,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fractal is a French masculine noun meaning “synonym of fractale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de fractale”.
What does fractal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fractal
noun
- 1
masculineraresynonym of fractale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a les propriétés d’une fractale.
noun: 1. Variante de fractale.
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 fractal
- fractale feminine
- fractals masculine plural
- fractaux masculine plural
- fractales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fractal?
- /fʁak.tal/
- \fʁak.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 fractal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fractal in French?
fractal appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).