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modal

/ˈmoʊ.dəl/

Traduction: Relatif au mode ou à la forme ; en linguistique, il s'agit de verbes exprimant la nécessité, la possibilité, la permission ou la capacité., Nom désignant un verbe auxiliaire tel que «can» ou «will», utilisé pour exprimer la modalité, notamment la capacité, la permission ou l'obligation.

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adjective

C1formalcommontechnical/ˈmoʊ.dəl/

Relating to mode or form; in linguistics, describing verbs that express necessity, possibility, permission, or ability.

  • 🇫🇷Relatif au mode ou à la forme ; en linguistique, il s'agit de verbes exprimant la nécessité, la possibilité, la permission ou la capacité.
  1. Statistical mode C1 formal

    Relating to or representing the most frequent value in a set of data.

    • The modal value in this dataset is 25.
    • Modal analysis helps identify the most common outcome.
    • Researchers calculated the modal age of the participants.

    🇫🇷modal (sens statistique)

  2. Musical mode C1 formal

    Relating to a musical scale or mode, especially an ecclesiastical mode.

    • The piece is written in a modal style, using the Dorian mode.
    • Modal music was common in medieval church compositions.
    • The composer explored various modal harmonies.

    🇫🇷modal (relatif au mode musical)

  3. Grammatical mood B2 formal

    Relating to the mood of a verb, expressing necessity, possibility, permission, or obligation.

    • Modal verbs like 'can' and 'must' express ability and necessity.
    • The modal auxiliary 'should' indicates advice or obligation.
    • In English, modal verbs are used to modify the meaning of the main verb.

    🇫🇷Modal (relatif au mode verbal)

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noun

B2formalcommon/ˈməʊ.dəl/

A noun referring to an auxiliary verb, such as 'can' or 'will', that is used to express modality, including ability, permission, or obligation.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant un verbe auxiliaire tel que «can» ou «will», utilisé pour exprimer la modalité, notamment la capacité, la permission ou l'obligation.
  1. Modal verb B2 formal

    An auxiliary verb that expresses necessity, possibility, permission, or ability, such as 'can', 'will', 'must', or 'should'.

    • In English, 'can' is a modal used to express ability.
    • You must use a modal verb to make polite requests.
    • The teacher explained how modals change the meaning of a sentence.

    🇫🇷verbe modal

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  • modal's possessive singular form