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positionnel

French, adjective/po.zi.sjɔ.nɛl/

positionnel is spelled P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N-N-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Positionnel is a French adjective meaning “positional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui dépend de la position, qui se rapporte à la position”.

What does positionnel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    positional

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui dépend de la position, qui se rapporte à la position.

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 positionnel

  • positionnelle feminine
  • positionnels masculine plural
  • positionnelles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce positionnel?

  • /po.zi.sjɔ.nɛl/
  • \po.zi.sjɔ.nɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is positionnel in French?

positionnel appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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