pénal
French, adjective/pe.nal/
pénal is spelled P-É-N-A-L (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,701st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pénal is a French adjective meaning “crime; penal, criminal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne les délits et les peines”.
What does pénal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crime; penal, criminal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne les délits et les peines.
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 pénal
- pénale feminine
- pénaux masculine plural
- pénales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pénal?
- /pe.nal/
- \pe.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pénal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pénal in French?
pénal appears 10 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).