phénoménal
French, adjective/fe.nɔ.me.nal/
phénoménal is spelled P-H-É-N-O-M-É-N-A-L (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phénoménal is a French adjective meaning “phenomenal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui relève du phénomène”.
What does phénoménal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
phenomenal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui relève du phénomène. 2. Ce qui est extraordinaire, étonnant, prodigieux.
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 phénoménal
- phénoménale feminine
- phénoménaux masculine plural
- phénoménales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phénoménal?
- /fe.nɔ.me.nal/
- \fe.nɔ.me.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 phénoménal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phénoménal in French?
phénoménal appears 1.3 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).