allant
French, noun/a.lɑ̃/
allant is spelled A-L-L-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written French, the 2,670th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Allant is a French masculine noun meaning “goer (used in the plural phrase "allants et venants" - "comers and goers")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of aller. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui va. Note d’usage : S’emploie au masculin pluriel en coordination avec venants”.
What does allant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
active
noun
- 1
masculinegoer (used in the plural phrase "allants et venants" - "comers and goers")
verb
- 1
present participle of aller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aime à aller et venir ; qui montre de l’activité. 2. Motivé. 3. En parlant d'un cheval dans une course, impétueux, brillant, qui tire, qui va plus vite que ne le voudrait son cavalier. 4. Andante.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui va. Note d’usage : S’emploie au masculin pluriel en coordination avec venants. 2. Initiative, entrain.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de alan.
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 allant
- allante feminine
- allants masculine plural
- allantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce allant?
- /a.lɑ̃/
- \a.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is allant in French?
allant appears 30 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).