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notable

French, noun/nɔ.tabl/

notable is spelled N-O-T-A-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Notable is a French masculine noun meaning “notable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personnage important d’un groupe humain, d’une ville, d’une région”.

What does notable mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    notable

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenotable

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est digne d’être signalé. 2. Qui se distingue des autres par son importance, par son autorité.

noun: 1. Personnage important d’un groupe humain, d’une ville, d’une région.

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 notable

  • notables plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce notable?

  • /nɔ.tabl/
  • \nɔ.tabl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to notable

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is notable in French?

notable appears 7.2 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).

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