arabisant
French, noun/a.ʁa.bi.zɑ̃/
arabisant is spelled A-R-A-B-I-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 132,154th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arabisant is a French masculine noun meaning “Arabist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of arabiser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui étudie la langue, l’histoire, la culture arabes”.
What does arabisant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineArabist
verb
- 1
present participle of arabiser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui donne un caractère arabe.
noun: 1. Celui qui étudie la langue, l’histoire, la culture arabes.
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 arabisant
- arabisants plural
- arabisante feminine
- arabisantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arabisant?
- /a.ʁa.bi.zɑ̃/
- \a.ʁa.bi.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arabisant in French?
arabisant appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).