viriel
French, noun\vi.ʁjɛl\
viriel is spelled V-I-R-I-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Viriel is a French masculine noun meaning “virial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “relation générale qui s'applique à un système de plusieurs corps en interaction, en reliant les moyennes…”.
What does viriel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevirial
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relation générale qui s'applique à un système de plusieurs corps en interaction, en reliant les moyennes temporelles des énergies cinétique et potentielle des corps. Il peut être synonyme de potentiel.
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 viriel
- viriels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce viriel?
- \vi.ʁjɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is viriel in French?
viriel appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).