théâtral
French, adjective/te.a.tʁal/
théâtral is spelled T-H-É-Â-T-R-A-L (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Théâtral is a French adjective meaning “theatrical (all meanings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient au théâtre ; qui est propre au théâtre”.
What does théâtral mean in English?
adjective
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theatrical (all meanings)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient au théâtre ; qui est propre au théâtre. 2. Qui ne convient guère qu’au théâtre ; qui vise à l’effet.
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 théâtral
- théâtrale feminine
- théâtraux masculine plural
- théâtrales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce théâtral?
- /te.a.tʁal/
- /te.ɑ.tʁal/
- \te.a.tʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to théâtral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is théâtral in French?
théâtral appears 1.9 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).