val
French, noun/val/
val is spelled V-A-L (3 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,602nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Val is a French masculine noun meaning “valley, vale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vallée étroite, espace de terre resserré entre deux coteaux”.
What does val mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevalley, vale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vallée étroite, espace de terre resserré entre deux coteaux.
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 val
- vaux plural
- vals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce val?
- /val/
- \val\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to val
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is val in French?
val appears 21 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).