accablant
French, adjective/a.ka.blɑ̃/
accablant is spelled A-C-C-A-B-L-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accablant is a French adjective meaning “overwhelming” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of accabler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui accable ou qui peut accabler”.
What does accablant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
overwhelming
- 2
damning
des preuves accablantes
verb
- 1
present participle of accabler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui accable ou qui peut accabler. 2. Se dit des choses qui sont considérées comme un poids difficile à porter, sous lequel on succombe.
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 accablant
- accablante feminine
- accablants masculine plural
- accablantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accablant?
- /a.ka.blɑ̃/
- \a.kɑ.blɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to accablant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is accablant in French?
accablant appears 1.1 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).