pastorale
French, adjective/pas.tɔ.ʁal/
pastorale is spelled P-A-S-T-O-R-A-L-E (9 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written French, the 15,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastorale is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of pastoral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pastorale mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pastoral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poème dialogué dont les personnages sont des bergers et des bergères. 2. Œuvres de peinture ou de musique. 3. Pièce, chantée et parlée, jouée en Provence durant les fêtes de Noël qui retrace l’histoire de la nativité au travers du quotidien provençal. 4. Pièce de théâtre chantée sur un thème historique ou religieux, interprétée par les habitants de villages souletins.
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 pastorale
- pastorales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastorale?
- /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.
How common is pastorale in French?
pastorale appears 3.1 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).