maximal
French, adjective/mak.si.mal/
maximal is spelled M-A-X-I-M-A-L (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maximal is a French adjective meaning “maximal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient à un maximum”.
What does maximal mean in English?
adjective
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maximal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à un maximum. 2. (D'un élément) Tel qu'aucun autre élément n'est plus grand.
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 maximal
- maximale feminine
- maximaux masculine plural
- maximales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maximal?
- /mak.si.mal/
- \mak.si.mal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maximal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maximal in French?
maximal appears 3.5 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).