abstinent
French, noun/ap.sti.nɑ̃/
abstinent is spelled A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 98,883rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstinent is a French masculine noun meaning “abstinent, teetotaler / teetotaller” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui ne boit pas d’alcool”.
What does abstinent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
abstinent, teetotal
noun
- 1
masculineabstinent, teetotaler / teetotaller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est modéré dans le boire et le manger. 2. Qui ne boit pas d’alcool.
noun: 1. Personne qui ne boit pas d’alcool.
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 abstinent
- abstinente feminine
- abstinents masculine plural
- abstinentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abstinent?
- /ap.sti.nɑ̃/
- \ap.sti.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abstinent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abstinent in French?
abstinent appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).