signaler
French, verb/si.ɲa.le/
signaler is spelled S-I-G-N-A-L-E-R (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Signaler is a French verb meaning “to signal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appeler ou attirer l’attention de quelqu’un sur une personne ou sur une chose”.
What does signaler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to signal
- 2
to highlight, to notify, to bring to attention, to identify
L'agence du médicament a signalé des risques au comprimé.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Appeler ou attirer l’attention de quelqu’un sur une personne ou sur une chose. 2. Indiquer par un signal. 3. Faire remarquer. 4. Se distinguer, se rendre célèbre : on le dit en bonne et en mauvaise part.
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 signaler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- signalant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- signalé participle past
- signale first-person indicative present
- signales indicative present second-person
- signalons first-person indicative plural
- signalez indicative plural present
- signalent indicative plural present
- signalais first-person imperfect indicative
- signalait imperfect indicative singular
- signalions first-person imperfect indicative
- signaliez imperfect indicative plural
- signalaient imperfect indicative plural
- signalai first-person historic indicative
- signalas historic indicative past
- signala historic indicative past
- signalâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce signaler?
- /si.ɲa.le/
- \si.ɲa.le\
- [si.ɲa.le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to signaler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is signaler in French?
signaler appears 17 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).