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incorporel

French, adjective/ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁɛl/

incorporel is a French adjective meaning “incorporeal, insubstantial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a pas de corps”.

What does incorporel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    incorporeal, insubstantial

  2. 2

    intangible

    immobilisation incorporelle

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas de corps. 2. Choses qui ne tombent pas sous nos sens et qui n’ont qu’une existence morale. 3. Immatériel, en parlant des immobilisations.

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 incorporel

  • incorporelle feminine
  • incorporels masculine plural
  • incorporelles feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce incorporel?

  • /ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁɛl/
  • \ɛ̃.kɔʁ.pɔ.ʁɛl\

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

English words that translate to incorporel

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

How common is incorporel in French?

incorporel appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).