astringent
French, noun/as.tʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/
astringent is spelled A-S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 92,562nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Astringent is a French masculine noun meaning “astringent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance astringente, qui a la propriété de resserrer les tissus vivants”.
What does astringent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
astringent
noun
- 1
masculineastringent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui resserre les tissus vivants. 2. Qui est rigoureux, amer, rude.
noun: 1. Substance astringente, qui a la propriété de resserrer les tissus vivants.
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 astringent
- astringente feminine
- astringents masculine plural
- astringentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce astringent?
- /as.tʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/
- \as.tʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is astringent in French?
astringent appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).