tombal
French, adjective/tɔ̃.bal/
tombal is spelled T-O-M-B-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tombal is a French adjective meaning “tomb, grave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la tombe”.
What does tombal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tomb, grave
pierre tombale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la tombe. 2. Lugubre comme une tombe, comme dans un cimetière.
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 tombal
- tombale feminine
- tombals masculine plural
- tombaux masculine plural
- tombales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tombal?
- /tɔ̃.bal/
- \tɔ̃.bal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tombal in French?
tombal appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).