loyal
French, adjective/lwa.jal/
loyal is spelled L-O-Y-A-L (5 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loyal is a French adjective meaning “loyal, faithful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui montre de la loyauté ; qui est sincère, droit, franc, plein d’honneur et de probité”.
What does loyal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loyal, faithful
Near-synonym: fidèle
- 2
fair, honest
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui montre de la loyauté ; qui est sincère, droit, franc, plein d’honneur et de probité. 2. Qui est conforme à la loi ; par la loi.
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 loyal
- loyale feminine
- loyaux masculine plural
- loyales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loyal?
- /lwa.jal/
- \lwa.jal\
- [lwa.jal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to loyal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is loyal in French?
loyal appears 3.1 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).