Dictionary

modal

/mɔ.dal/

adjective/mɔ.dal/

modal

“un auxiliaire modal”

Related: modalité, amodal

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin modālis, from Latin modus (“mode”).

noun, masculine/mɔ.dal/plural: modaux

a modal verb; modal textile

“cf modal (textile)”

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin modālis, from Latin modus (“mode”).