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alléchant

French, adjective/a.le.ʃɑ̃/

alléchant is a French adjective meaning “enticing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of allécher. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui allèche”.

What does alléchant mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    enticing

    une proposition alléchante

  2. 2

    mouth-watering

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of allécher

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui allèche. 2. Qui attire ; qui séduit.

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 alléchant

  • alléchante feminine
  • alléchants masculine plural
  • alléchantes feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce alléchant?

  • /a.le.ʃɑ̃/
  • \a.le.ʃɑ̃\

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

English words that translate to alléchant

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

How common is alléchant in French?

alléchant 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).