latéral
French, adjective/la.te.ʁal/
latéral is a French adjective meaning “side, lateral, side (on or from the side)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait partie d’un des côtés d’une chose”.
What does latéral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
side, lateral, side (on or from the side)
porte latérale
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de latéral.
adjective: 1. Qui fait partie d’un des côtés d’une chose. 2. Éloigné du plan médian.
noun: 1. Défenseur chargé plus spécialement d’un des côtés du terrain.
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 latéral
- latérale feminine
- latéraux masculine plural
- latérales feminine plural
- lateraux plural masculine
- laterale singular feminine
- laterales plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce latéral?
- /la.te.ʁal/
- \la.te.ʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to latéral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is latéral in French?
latéral appears 5.8 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).