amant
French, noun/a.mɑ̃/
amant is spelled A-M-A-N-T (5 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amant is a French masculine noun meaning “lover (one who loves a particular person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “ou Celui qui a de l’amour pour une autre personne”.
What does amant mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinelover (one who loves a particular person)
- 2
Canadadatedmasculinelover (one who loves a particular thing, pursuit, etc.)
- 3
masculinelover (participant in an extramarital or otherwise illicit romantic or sexual affair)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ou Celui qui a de l’amour pour une autre personne. 2. ou Celui qui aime quelque chose avec passion.
noun: 1. Celui qui reçoit les faveurs d’une femme (ou, plus rarement, d’un homme) avec laquelle il n’est pas marié. 2. Celui qui donne du plaisir sexuel.
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 amant
- amants plural
- amante feminine
- amant·e neuter
- maîtresse feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amant?
- /a.mɑ̃/
- \a.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amant in French?
amant appears 9.8 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).