altérant
French, verb/al.te.ʁɑ̃/
altérant is spelled A-L-T-É-R-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 79,170th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altérant is a French verb meaning “present participle of altérer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does altérant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of altérer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui altère, qui cause de la soif.
noun: 1. Médicament qui modifie l’organisme d’une manière insensible.
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 altérant
- altérants plural masculine
- altérante singular feminine
- altérantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce altérant?
- /al.te.ʁɑ̃/
- \al.te.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is altérant in French?
altérant appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).