papal
French, adjective/pa.pal/
papal is spelled P-A-P-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,168th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papal is a French adjective meaning “papal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient au pape”.
What does papal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
papal
Near-synonym: pontifical
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient au pape.
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 papal
- papale feminine
- papaux masculine plural
- papales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papal?
- /pa.pal/
- \pa.pal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papal in French?
papal appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).