mutuel
French, adjective
mutuel is spelled M-U-T-U-E-L (6 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutuel is a French adjective meaning “reciprocal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mutuel is a different word: “short for Pari mutuel urbain”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est réciproque entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, entre deux ou plusieurs choses”.
What does mutuel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reciprocal
Ils s'effondrent quand après leur première rencontre une attirance mutuelle les pousse dans les bras l'un de l'autre.
- 2
mutual
noun
- 1
masculineshort for Pari mutuel urbain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est réciproque entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, entre deux ou plusieurs choses.
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 mutuel
- mutuelle feminine
- mutuels masculine plural
- mutuelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mutuel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mutuel in French?
mutuel appears 4.4 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).