bénissant
French, verb/be.ni.sɑ̃/
bénissant is spelled B-É-N-I-S-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bénissant is a French verb meaning “present participle of bénir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bénissant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of bénir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui bénit.
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 bénissant
- bénissants plural masculine
- bénissante singular feminine
- bénissantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bénissant?
- /be.ni.sɑ̃/
- \be.ni.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bénissant in French?
bénissant appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).