tagal
French, noun\ta.ɡal\
tagal is spelled T-A-G-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tagal is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of tagalog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Solen strigillé (espèce de mollusque bivalve)”.
What does tagal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of tagalog
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au tagalog (ou tagal), une langue des Philippines.
noun: 1. Solen strigillé (espèce de mollusque bivalve). 2. Bananier fournissant une matière textile. 3. Fibre textile tirée de ce bananier, appelée aussi chanvre de Manille ou abaca. 4. Tagalog (une langue des Philippines).
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 tagal
- tagals plural masculine
- tagale singular feminine
- tagales plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tagal?
- \ta.ɡal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tagal in French?
tagal appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).