rational
French, noun\ʁa.sjɔ.nal\
rational is spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 93,632nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rational is a French feminine noun meaning “rationale (religious clothing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau d’étoffe carré, que le grand prêtre des juifs portait sur la poitrine et qui était orné de douze…”.
What does rational mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerationale (religious clothing)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau d’étoffe carré, que le grand prêtre des juifs portait sur la poitrine et qui était orné de douze pierres précieuses sur chacune desquelles était gravé le nom d’une des douze tribus d’Israël. 2. Pectoral.
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 rational
- rationaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rational?
- \ʁa.sjɔ.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 rational
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rational in French?
rational appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).