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postal

French, adjective/pɔs.tal/

postal is spelled P-O-S-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postal is a French adjective meaning “postal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne le service de la poste, qui est entre autres chargé d'acheminer le courrier sous forme…”.

What does postal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    postal

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui concerne le service de la poste, qui est entre autres chargé d'acheminer le courrier sous forme matérielle ou dématérialisée.

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 postal

  • postale feminine
  • postaux masculine plural
  • postales feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce postal?

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

English words that translate to postal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is postal in French?

postal appears 3.8 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).

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