unidirectionnel
\y.ni.di.ʁek.sjɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“unidirectionnel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’exerce une action que dans un sens, dans une direction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unidirectionnel · unidirectionnel · French
unidirectionnel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unidirectionnel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \y.ni.di.ʁek.sjɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
unidirectionnel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \y.ni.di.ʁek.sjɔ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’exerce une action que dans un sens, dans une direction.".
unidirectionnel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is unidirectionnel, spelled U-N-I-D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Qui n’exerce une action que dans un sens, dans une direction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unidirectionnel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les orages multicellulaires sont ainsi associés à un cisaillement de vent unidirectionnel (la force du vent varie avec l'altitude, mais pas sa direction) alors que les supercellules ne peuvent se développer qu'en présence d'un cisaillement tournant (le vent varie à la fois en direction et en intensité avec l'altitude).
Ainsi le neurone présente une polarisation fonctionnelle : la circulation des informations y est unidirectionnelle, cellulipète dans les dendrites et cellulifuge dans l'axone.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.