vertical
French, adjective/vɛʁ.ti.kal/
vertical is spelled V-E-R-T-I-C-A-L (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertical is a French adjective meaning “vertical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est perpendiculaire à l’horizon”.
What does vertical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vertical
barre verticale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est perpendiculaire à l’horizon. 2. Qui est parallèle à la direction de la gravité. 3. Qui est perpendiculaire à la ligne de l’horizon dans un plan de deux dimensions. 4. Organisation hiérarchique, différente d'une organisation horizontale.
noun: 1. Type d’obstacle simple et vertical. 2. Un des plans contenant la verticale du point d’observation.
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 vertical
- verticale feminine
- verticaux masculine plural
- verticales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vertical?
- /vɛʁ.ti.kal/
- \vɛʁ.ti.kal\
- [vɛʁ.ti.kal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vertical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vertical in French?
vertical appears 4.6 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).