spirituel
French, adjective/spi.ʁi.tɥɛl/
spirituel is spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-U-E-L (9 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spirituel is a French adjective meaning “spiritual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de la nature de l’esprit, ou qui le concerne”.
What does spirituel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
spiritual
- 2
witty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est de la nature de l’esprit, ou qui le concerne. 2. Relatif à l’âme, à la conscience, par opposition à sensuel, charnel. 3. Qui regarde la religion, l’Église, par opposition à temporel. 4. Qui est mystique, allégorique, par opposition à littéral.
noun: 1. Ce qui regarde la religion, l’église, par opposition au temporel.
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 spirituel
- spirituelle feminine
- spirituels masculine plural
- spirituelles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spirituel?
- /spi.ʁi.tɥɛl/
- \spi.ʁi.tɥɛl\
- [spi.ʁi.tɥɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to spirituel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spirituel in French?
spirituel appears 8.9 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).