viral
French, adjective/vi.ʁal/
viral is spelled V-I-R-A-L (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viral is a French adjective meaning “viral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux virus”.
What does viral mean in English?
adjective
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viral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux virus. 2. Qui se propage sur Internet comme un virus. 3. Relatif à un élément de droit qui reste valable pour des objets relatifs à l'objet sur lequel le droit s’applique initialement.
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 viral
- virale feminine
- viraux masculine plural
- virales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viral?
- /vi.ʁal/
- \vi.ʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is viral in French?
viral appears 1.1 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).