avoisinant
French, adjective\a.vwa.zi.nɑ̃\
avoisinant is spelled A-V-O-I-S-I-N-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avoisinant is a French adjective meaning “neighbouring, bordering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of avoisiner. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À côté de”.
What does avoisinant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
neighbouring, bordering
verb
- 1
present participle of avoisiner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. À côté de.
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 avoisinant
- avoisinante feminine
- avoisinants masculine plural
- avoisinantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avoisinant?
- \a.vwa.zi.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 avoisinant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avoisinant in French?
avoisinant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).