un tel
French, pronoun/œ̃ tɛl/
un tel is spelled U-N-T-E-L (5 letters). Un tel is a French masculine pronoun meaning “so-and-so” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Une certaine personne indéterminée”.
What does un tel mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
masculineso-and-so
adjective
- 1
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see un, tel. such a (of such kind)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. Une certaine personne indéterminée.
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 un tel
- une telle feminine
- untel alternative
- de tels masculine plural
- de telles feminine plural
- Untel
- Un Tel
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce un tel?
- /œ̃ tɛl/
- \œ̃ tɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.