nationale
French, noun/na.sjɔ.nal/
nationale is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E (9 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written French, the 504th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nationale is a French feminine noun meaning “a french National Highway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of national. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme membre d’une nation”.
What does nationale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea french National Highway
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of national
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme membre d’une nation. 2. Route nationale. 3. La Bibliothèque Nationale, à Paris.
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 nationale
- nationales plural
- national masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nationale?
- /na.sjɔ.nal/
- \na.sjɔ.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nationale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nationale in French?
nationale appears 162 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).