rival
French, noun/ʁi.val/
rival is spelled R-I-V-A-L (5 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rival is a French masculine noun meaning “rival” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Concurrent ; celui qui aspire, qui prétend aux mêmes avantages, aux mêmes succès qu’un autre”.
What does rival mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rival
Near-synonym: adverse
noun
- 1
masculinerival
Near-synonym: adversaire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aspire aux mêmes avantages, aux mêmes succès qu’un autre. 2. Qui ne peut pas être consommé par plusieurs personnes ou entités en même temps.
noun: 1. Concurrent ; celui qui aspire, qui prétend aux mêmes avantages, aux mêmes succès qu’un autre.
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 rival
- rivale feminine
- rivaux masculine plural
- rivales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rival?
- /ʁi.val/
- \ʁi.val\
- [ʁi.val]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rival
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rival in French?
rival appears 7.1 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).