combatant
/kəmˈbæ.tənt/noun, adjective
combatant is spelled C-O-M-B-A-T-A-N-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, combatant means “A person engaged in combat, often armed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of combatant is combatants.
How many letters and syllables are in combatant?
| Letters | 9: C-O-M-B-A-T-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is combatant?
Combatant appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce combatant?
- UK /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/
- US /kəmˈbæ.tənt/
- US /ˈkɑm.bə.tənt/
Combatant has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-combatant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with combatant?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as combatant from its last stressed vowel (/ætənt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of combatant
- combatants plural
- more combatant comparative
- most combatant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does combatant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person engaged in combat, often armed.
Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.
adjective
- 1
Contending; disposed to contend.
- 2
Involving combat.
- 3
Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry: in a fighting position”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Combatant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person engaged in combat, often armed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | combattant, combattante |
| German | Kämpfer, Kämpferin, Bekämpfer, Bekämpferin, Kombattant, Kombattantin |
| Portuguese | combatente |
| Spanish | combatiente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does combatant come from?
Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).