absent
French, noun/ap.sɑ̃/
absent is spelled A-B-S-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absent is a French masculine noun meaning “absentee; missing person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui n’est pas là, qui ne participe pas”.
What does absent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absent
- 2
absent-minded
noun
- 1
masculineabsentee; missing person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas là où on l’attend. 2. Qui manque ; qui fait défaut. 3. Qui est distrait, inattentif.
noun: 1. Personne qui n’est pas là, qui ne participe pas. 2. Personne non présente au jugement.
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 absent
- absente feminine
- absents masculine plural
- absentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absent?
- /ap.sɑ̃/
- \ap.sɑ̃\
- [ap.sɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absent in French?
absent appears 12 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).