métel
French, noun/me.tɛl/
métel is spelled M-É-T-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Métel is a French feminine noun meaning “angel's trumpet (Datura metel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom spécifique du Datura metel”.
What does métel mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineangel's trumpet (Datura metel)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom spécifique du Datura metel
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 métel
- métels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce métel?
- /me.tɛl/
- \me.tɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is métel in French?
métel appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).