arrêtant
French, verb/a.ʁɛ.tɑ̃/
arrêtant is spelled A-R-R-Ê-T-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrêtant is a French verb meaning “present participle of arrêter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does arrêtant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of arrêter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de bois ou de métal pour arrêter le crochet, etc.
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 arrêtant
- arrêtants plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrêtant?
- /a.ʁɛ.tɑ̃/
- /a.ʁe.tɑ̃/
- \a.ʁɛ.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arrêtant in French?
arrêtant appears 2.1 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).