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illégale

French, adjective/i.le.ɡal/

illégale is spelled I-L-L-É-G-A-L-E (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Illégale is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of illégal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does illégale mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of illégal

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Espionne.

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 illégale

  • illégales plural
  • illégal masculine

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

How do you pronounce illégale?

  • /i.le.ɡal/
  • \i.le.gal\

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

How common is illégale in French?

illégale appears 8.3 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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