attirant
French, adjective/a.ti.ʁɑ̃/
attirant is spelled A-T-T-I-R-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Attirant is a French adjective meaning “attractive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of attirer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui attire. Il ne s’emploie guère qu’au figuré”.
What does attirant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
attractive
Des psychologues ont essayé d'analyser quels traits physiques étaient considérés comme attirants.
verb
- 1
present participle of attirer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui attire. Il ne s’emploie guère qu’au figuré.
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 attirant
- attirante feminine
- attirants masculine plural
- attirantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attirant?
- /a.ti.ʁɑ̃/
- \a.ti.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 attirant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attirant in French?
attirant appears 3.9 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).