pastoral
French, adjective/pas.tɔ.ʁal/
pastoral is spelled P-A-S-T-O-R-A-L (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,509th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastoral is a French adjective meaning “pastoral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient aux pasteurs, aux bergers, à leurs pratiques d'élevage”.
What does pastoral mean in English?
adjective
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pastoral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient aux pasteurs, aux bergers, à leurs pratiques d'élevage. 2. Qui retrace ou évoque la vie, les mœurs des pasteurs, des bergers. 3. Qui appartient aux pasteurs spirituels.
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 pastoral
- pastorale feminine
- pastoraux masculine plural
- pastorales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastoral?
- /pas.tɔ.ʁal/
- \pas.tɔ.ʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pastoral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pastoral in French?
pastoral appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).