officinal
French, adjective/ɔ.fi.si.nal/
officinal is spelled O-F-F-I-C-I-N-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Officinal is a French adjective meaning “officinal, medicinal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Médicinal, pharmaceutique”.
What does officinal mean in English?
adjective
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officinal, medicinal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Médicinal, pharmaceutique. 2. Relatif à l'officine. 3. Se dit d'un médicament qui est préparé à l'avance, par l'industrie pharmaceutique et non à la pharmacie, par un pharmacien ou un préparateur, comme celui que l'on nomme par opposition magistral.
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 officinal
- officinale feminine
- officinaux masculine plural
- officinales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce officinal?
- /ɔ.fi.si.nal/
- \ɔ.fi.si.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is officinal in French?
officinal appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).