béant
French, adjective/be.ɑ̃/
béant is spelled B-É-A-N-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Béant is a French adjective meaning “gaping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of béer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui présente une large ouverture”.
What does béant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gaping
verb
- 1
masculinepresent participle of béer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui présente une large ouverture. 2. Qui bée, qui regarde avec étonnement.
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 béant
- béante feminine
- béants masculine plural
- béantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce béant?
- /be.ɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to béant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is béant in French?
béant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).