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orbitale

French, noun/ɔʁ.bi.tal/

orbitale is spelled O-R-B-I-T-A-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orbitale is a French feminine noun meaning “orbital (of an atom or molecule)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of orbital. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fonction mathématique représentant l’onde stationnaire associée à un électron en interaction avec les autres…”.

What does orbitale mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineorbital (of an atom or molecule)

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of orbital

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fonction mathématique représentant l’onde stationnaire associée à un électron en interaction avec les autres particules constituant l’atome ou l’entité moléculaire considérés, et qui détermine la région de l’espace correspondant à une probabilité de présence donnée de cet électron et à son niveau d’énergie.

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 orbitale

  • orbitales plural

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

How do you pronounce orbitale?

  • /ɔʁ.bi.tal/
  • \ɔʁ.bi.tal\

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

English words that translate to orbitale

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

How common is orbitale in French?

orbitale appears about once in every 2 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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