blanchissant
French, noun/blɑ̃.ʃi.sɑ̃/
blanchissant is spelled B-L-A-N-C-H-I-S-S-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blanchissant is a French masculine noun meaning “bleach, bleacher, blancher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of blanchir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance qui permet de blanchir une surface”.
What does blanchissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
whitening
noun
- 1
masculinebleach, bleacher, blancher
- 2
masculinewhitener
verb
- 1
present participle of blanchir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui blanchit, qui paraît blanc.
noun: 1. Substance qui permet de blanchir une surface.
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 blanchissant
- blanchissante feminine
- blanchissants masculine plural
- blanchissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blanchissant?
- /blɑ̃.ʃi.sɑ̃/
- \blɑ̃.ʃi.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to blanchissant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blanchissant in French?
blanchissant appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).