archaïsant
French, noun/aʁ.ka.i.zɑ̃/
archaïsant is spelled A-R-C-H-A-Ï-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written French, the 184,024th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Archaïsant is a French masculine noun meaning “archaist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of archaïser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fait usage de tournures anciennes”.
What does archaïsant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
archaic
- 2
archaistic
noun
- 1
masculinearchaist
verb
- 1
present participle of archaïser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui fait usage de tournures anciennes.
adjective: 1. Qui se dirige vers l’archaïsme, qui n’est pas loin d’être archaïque. 2. Qualifie un texte, un discours etc., dont le style est remarquable par l'emploi récurrent de formes anciennes, d'archaïsmes. 3. Qui a tendance à rabaisser, en reprochant d’être trop ancien.
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 archaïsant
- archaïsante feminine
- archaïsants masculine plural
- archaïsantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce archaïsant?
- /aʁ.ka.i.zɑ̃/
- \aʁ.ka.i.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is archaïsant in French?
archaïsant appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).