palatial
French, adjective/pa.la.sjal/
palatial is spelled P-A-L-A-T-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palatial is a French adjective meaning “palatial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au palais au sens d’édifice et tout ce qui en découle”.
What does palatial mean in English?
adjective
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palatial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au palais au sens d’édifice et tout ce qui en découle. 2. Relatif au palais comme centre du pouvoir qui commande toute la société.
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 palatial
- palatiale feminine
- palatiaux masculine plural
- palatiales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palatial?
- /pa.la.sjal/
- \pa.la.sjal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is palatial in French?
palatial appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).