sépulcral
French, adjective/se.pyl.kʁal/
sépulcral is spelled S-É-P-U-L-C-R-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sépulcral is a French adjective meaning “sepulchral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au sépulcre”.
What does sépulcral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sepulchral
une voix sépulcrale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au sépulcre. 2. Qui contient des tombeaux. 3. Qui est destiné à l'ornement d'un tombeau. 4. Qualifie une lampe ou une lanterne destinée à rester allumée près d'un tombeau.
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 sépulcral
- sépulcrale feminine
- sépulcraux masculine plural
- sépulcrales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sépulcral?
- /se.pyl.kʁal/
- \se.pyl.kʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sépulcral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sépulcral in French?
sépulcral appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).