partial
French, adjective/paʁ.sjal/
partial is spelled P-A-R-T-I-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Partial is a French adjective meaning “partial, biased” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui montre de la partialité pour une personne, une opinion, un parti pris”.
What does partial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
partial, biased
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui montre de la partialité pour une personne, une opinion, un parti pris.
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 partial
- partiale feminine
- partiaux masculine plural
- partiales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce partial?
- /paʁ.sjal/
- \paʁ.sjal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to partial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is partial in French?
partial 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).