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transitionnel

French, adjective/tʁɑ̃.zi.sjɔ.nɛl/

transitionnel is spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-T-I-O-N-N-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Transitionnel is a French adjective meaning “transitional” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est en rapport avec un changement, qui sert de transition”.

What does transitionnel mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    transitional

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est en rapport avec un changement, qui sert de transition. 2. Qui favorise une transition. 3. Qui se rapporte à un changement de sexe.

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 transitionnel

  • transitionnelle feminine
  • transitionnels masculine plural
  • transitionnelles feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce transitionnel?

  • /tʁɑ̃.zi.sjɔ.nɛl/
  • \tʁɑ̃.zi.sjɔ.nɛl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is transitionnel in French?

transitionnel appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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