ahurissant
French, adjective/a.y.ʁi.sɑ̃/
ahurissant is spelled A-H-U-R-I-S-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ahurissant is a French adjective meaning “astounding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ahurir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Incroyable”.
What does ahurissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
astounding
verb
- 1
present participle of ahurir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Incroyable.
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 ahurissant
- ahurissante feminine
- ahurissants masculine plural
- ahurissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ahurissant?
- /a.y.ʁi.sɑ̃/
- \a.y.ʁi.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ahurissant in French?
ahurissant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).