match
French, noun/matʃ/
match is spelled M-A-T-C-H (5 letters) and appears 178 times per million words in written French, the 455th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Match is a French masculine noun meaning “match, game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lutte entre deux concurrents ou deux équipes, rencontre (sportive)”.
What does match mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematch, game
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lutte entre deux concurrents ou deux équipes, rencontre (sportive).
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 match
- matches plural
- matchs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce match?
- /matʃ/
- \matʃ\
- [matʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to match
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is match in French?
match appears 178 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).