aspirant
French, noun/as.pi.ʁɑ̃/
aspirant is spelled A-S-P-I-R-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aspirant is a French masculine noun meaning “aspirant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of aspirer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui aspire à une chose, qui veut y parvenir”.
What does aspirant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaspirant
- 2
masculineofficer candidate, officer designate, midshipman
adjective
- 1
aspiring
- 2
sucking, extracting
verb
- 1
present participle of aspirer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui aspire. 2. Qualifie une sorte de pompe qui élève l’eau en faisant le vide d’air.
noun: 1. Celui qui aspire à une chose, qui veut y parvenir. 2. Celui qui aspire à obtenir une charge, un titre, à être reçu dans un corps. 3. Grade militaire d’officier. En France, il est situé entre son supérieur hiérarchique, sous-lieutenant (armée de terre, armée de l’air et gendarmerie françaises) ou enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe (Marine nationale française), et son subordonné, major. Le code OTAN : OF(D).
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 aspirant
- aspirants plural
- aspirante feminine
- aspirantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aspirant?
- /as.pi.ʁɑ̃/
- \as.pi.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aspirant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aspirant in French?
aspirant 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).