signal
French, noun/si.ɲal/
signal is spelled S-I-G-N-A-L (6 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Signal is a French masculine noun meaning “signal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Signe servant d’avertissement”.
What does signal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesignal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Signe servant d’avertissement. 2. Bâtisse qui sert à relever des visées géodésique, etc. 3. Ce qui annonce et provoque une chose. 4. Information.
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 signal
- signaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce signal?
- /si.ɲal/
- \si.ɲal\
- [si.ɲal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to signal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is signal in French?
signal appears 20 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).