véniel
French, adjective/ve.njɛl/
véniel is spelled V-É-N-I-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Véniel is a French adjective meaning “Veniel, pardonable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Par opposition à mortel : se dit d'un manquement à la volonté de Dieu, qui n'empêche pas l'orientation…”.
What does véniel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Veniel, pardonable.
un péché véniel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Par opposition à mortel : se dit d'un manquement à la volonté de Dieu, qui n'empêche pas l'orientation foncière de l'être vers Dieu dans la grâce. 2. Qui a peu de gravité : Oubli véniel.
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 véniel
- vénielle feminine
- véniels masculine plural
- vénielles feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce véniel?
- /ve.njɛl/
- \ve.njɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to véniel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is véniel in French?
véniel appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).