verbal
French, adjective/vɛʁ.bal/
verbal is spelled V-E-R-B-A-L (6 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written French, the 11,195th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbal is a French adjective meaning “verbal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est relatif aux mots, au langage (écrit ou oral)”.
What does verbal mean in English?
adjective
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verbal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est relatif aux mots, au langage (écrit ou oral). 2. Qui a lieu, qui se fait de vive voix, et non par écrit. 3. Qui est relatif au verbe.
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 verbal
- verbale feminine
- verbaux masculine plural
- verbales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verbal?
- /vɛʁ.bal/
- \vɛʁ.bal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verbal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verbal in French?
verbal appears 5.0 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).