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spatial

French, noun/spa.sjal/

spatial is spelled S-P-A-T-I-A-L (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written French, the 9,615th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spatial is a French masculine noun meaning “the space industry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “L'industrie des satellites spatiaux”.

What does spatial mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    spatial

  2. 2

    space, outer space

    ère spatiale

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethe space industry

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif à l’espace, au volume, aux trois dimensions. 2. Relatif à l’espace, à la place, à l’étalement. 3. Relatif à l’espace, la zone hors de l’atmosphère terrestre.

noun: 1. L'industrie des satellites spatiaux.

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 spatial

  • spatiale feminine
  • spatiaux masculine plural
  • spatiales feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce spatial?

  • /spa.sjal/
  • \spa.sjal\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to spatial

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is spatial in French?

spatial appears 6.2 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).

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