seul
French, adjective/sœl/
seul is a French adjective meaning “lonely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est sans compagnie ; qui n’est pas avec d’autres”.
What does seul mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lonely
- 2
alone
- 3
only
- 4
single
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est sans compagnie ; qui n’est pas avec d’autres. 2. Orphelin, dans les expressions : 3. En solo. 4. À l’exclusion de tout autre ; unique.
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 seul
- seule feminine
- seuls masculine plural
- seules feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seul?
- /sœl/
- \sœl\
- [sœl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to seul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seul in French?
seul appears 380 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).