apitoyant
French, adjective/a.pi.twa.jɑ̃/
apitoyant is spelled A-P-I-T-O-Y-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apitoyant is a French adjective meaning “moving to pity, pitiful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of apitoyer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait pitié”.
What does apitoyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
moving to pity, pitiful
verb
- 1
present participle of apitoyer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait pitié. 2. Qui cherche à apitoyer.
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 apitoyant
- apitoyante feminine
- apitoyants masculine plural
- apitoyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apitoyant?
- /a.pi.twa.jɑ̃/
- \a.pi.twa.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is apitoyant in French?
apitoyant appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).