valable
French, adjective/va.labl/
valable is spelled V-A-L-A-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,118th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valable is a French adjective meaning “valid, acceptable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est acceptable, bien fondé”.
What does valable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
valid, acceptable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est acceptable, bien fondé. 2. Qui a les conditions requises pour produire son effet. 3. Qui doit être reçu en justice. 4. Formidable.
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 valable
- valables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valable?
- /va.labl/
- \va.labl\
- [va.labl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is valable in French?
valable appears 14 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).