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agonisant

French, adjective/a.ɡɔ.ni.zɑ̃/

agonisant is spelled A-G-O-N-I-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agonisant is a French adjective meaning “dying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of agoniser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est à l’agonie”.

What does agonisant mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    dying

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of agoniser

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est à l’agonie.

noun: 1. Celui qui est à l’agonie.

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 agonisant

  • agonisante feminine
  • agonisants masculine plural
  • agonisantes feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce agonisant?

  • /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɑ̃/
  • \a.ɡɔ.ni.zɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to agonisant

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is agonisant in French?

agonisant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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