avenant
French, noun/a.v(ə).nɑ̃/
avenant is spelled A-V-E-N-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avenant is a French masculine noun meaning “amendment, rider” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Document contractuel modifiant ou complétant un contrat déjà existant”.
What does avenant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
affable, likable, appealing
- 2
comely, fitting
noun
- 1
masculineamendment, rider
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui plaît par sa manière d’être, pour une personne. 2. Qui plaît par son aspect, pour une chose.
noun: 1. Document contractuel modifiant ou complétant un contrat déjà existant.
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 avenant
- avenante feminine
- avenants masculine plural
- avenantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avenant?
- /a.v(ə).nɑ̃/
- \a.v(ə.)nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avenant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avenant in French?
avenant appears 1.6 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).