"modal" meaning in French

See modal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɔ.dal/ Audio: Fr-BE-BW--modal.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-modal.wav Forms: modale [feminine], modaux [masculine, plural], modales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus 'mode'. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{uder|fr|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{fr-adj}} modal (feminine modale, masculine plural modaux, feminine plural modales)
  1. modal Derived forms: modalité, amodal
    Sense id: en-modal-fr-adj-xYA6bk2q Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 77 5 18 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 84 4 12

Noun

IPA: /mɔ.dal/ Audio: Fr-BE-BW--modal.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-modal.wav Forms: modaux [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus 'mode'. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{uder|fr|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} modal m (plural modaux)
  1. a modal verb Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-modal-fr-noun-tI7rimvE
  2. (fabric) modal textile Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-modal-fr-noun-O8XlxeFg Disambiguation of Fabrics: 13 2 85

Inflected forms

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