symbole
French, noun/sɛ̃.bɔl/
symbole is spelled S-Y-M-B-O-L-E (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 3,067th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Symbole is a French masculine noun meaning “symbol (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Figure ou image qui sert à désigner une chose le plus souvent abstraite, une idée ou un concept”.
What does symbole mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesymbol (all meanings)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Figure ou image qui sert à désigner une chose le plus souvent abstraite, une idée ou un concept. 2. Figure qu’on voit sur les médailles et qui sert à désigner soit des hommes ou des divinités, soit des parties du monde, des royaumes, des provinces ou des villes. 3. Lettre ou ensemble de lettres, qui sert à désigner un corps simple. 4. Formulaire qui contient les principaux articles de la foi.
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 symbole
- symboles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce symbole?
- /sɛ̃.bɔl/
- \sɛ̃.bɔl\
- \sɛ̃.bol\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to symbole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is symbole in French?
symbole appears 26 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).