assiégeant
French, noun/a.sje.ʒɑ̃/
assiégeant is spelled A-S-S-I-É-G-E-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assiégeant is a French masculine noun meaning “besieger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of assiéger. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui assiège”.
What does assiégeant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
besieging
noun
- 1
masculinebesieger
verb
- 1
present participle of assiéger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui assiège.
noun: 1. Celui qui assiège.
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 assiégeant
- assiégeante feminine
- assiégeants masculine plural
- assiégeantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assiégeant?
- /a.sje.ʒɑ̃/
- \a.sje.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is assiégeant in French?
assiégeant appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).