vicinal
French, adjective/vi.si.nal/
vicinal is spelled V-I-C-I-N-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vicinal is a French adjective meaning “vicinal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne le voisinage”.
What does vicinal mean in English?
adjective
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vicinal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne le voisinage. 2. Se dit des chemins qui servent de moyen de communication entre plusieurs villages. 3. Qualifie deux groupes fonctionnels attachés à deux atomes de carbone adjacents.
noun: 1. Chemin vicinal : qui relie deux villages voisins. 2. Moyen de transport vicinal.
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 vicinal
- vicinale feminine
- vicinaux masculine plural
- vicinales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vicinal?
- /vi.si.nal/
- \vi.si.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vicinal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vicinal in French?
vicinal appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).