vital
French, adjective/vi.tal/
vital is spelled V-I-T-A-L (5 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vital is a French adjective meaning “vital” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient à la vie, qui est essentiel à la vie”.
What does vital mean in English?
adjective
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vital
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à la vie, qui est essentiel à la vie. 2. Qui est essentiel, d’une nécessité absolue. 3. Qui est en bonne santé, en pleine forme.
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 vital
- vitale feminine
- vitaux masculine plural
- vitales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vital?
- /vi.tal/
- \vi.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vital
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vital in French?
vital appears 7.2 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).