berçant
French, adjective/bɛʁ.sɑ̃/
berçant is spelled B-E-R-Ç-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Berçant is a French adjective meaning “rocking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of bercer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui berce, qui apaise”.
What does berçant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rocking
verb
- 1
present participle of bercer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui berce, qui apaise. 2. À bascule, en parlant d’un mobilier ou d’un jouet pour enfant.
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 berçant
- berçante feminine
- berçants masculine plural
- berçantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce berçant?
- /bɛʁ.sɑ̃/
- \bɛʁ.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is berçant in French?
berçant appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).