informel
French, adjective/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛl/
informel is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-E-L (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Informel is a French adjective meaning “informal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désigne une forme de peinture non figurative”.
What does informel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Désigne une forme de peinture non figurative. 2. Réalisé de façon spontanée, sans caractère officiel, sans règles préétablies.
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 informel
- informelle feminine
- informels masculine plural
- informelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce informel?
- /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛl/
- \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to informel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is informel in French?
informel appears 1.7 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).