frontal
French, adjective/fʁɔ̃.tal/
frontal is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frontal is a French adjective meaning “forehead; frontal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a rapport ou qui appartient au front”.
What does frontal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
forehead; frontal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a rapport ou qui appartient au front. 2. Qui est situé sur le front. 3. Qui est situé de front. 4. Qui attaque frontalement.
noun: 1. Synonyme de os frontal. 2. Surface visible, face au client, utilisée sur un rayonnage pour la présentation d’un produit. Le terme féminin frontale est admis. 3. Pièce d’armure qui recouvre le front d’un cheval caparaçonné. 4. Sorte de coussin en paille tressée, en tissu ou en peau, qui se met sous le joug des bovins.
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 frontal
- frontale feminine
- frontaux masculine plural
- frontales feminine plural
- frontail
- fronteau
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frontal?
- /fʁɔ̃.tal/
- \fʁɔ̃.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 frontal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frontal in French?
frontal appears 2.0 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).