autoportant
French, adjective/o.tɔ.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
autoportant is spelled A-U-T-O-P-O-R-T-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written French, the 276,145th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autoportant is a French adjective meaning “freestanding, self-supporting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui doit sa stabilité à sa structure propre, sans l'ajout de supports”.
What does autoportant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
freestanding, self-supporting
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui doit sa stabilité à sa structure propre, sans l'ajout de supports.
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 autoportant
- autoportante feminine
- autoportants masculine plural
- autoportantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autoportant?
- /o.tɔ.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
- /ɔ.tɔ.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
- \o.to.pɔʁ.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autoportant in French?
autoportant appears about once in every 78 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).