blessant
French, adjective/blɛ.sɑ̃/
blessant is spelled B-L-E-S-S-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blessant is a French adjective meaning “wounding, offensive, hurtful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of blesser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui blesse”.
What does blessant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wounding, offensive, hurtful
Near-synonym: vexant
verb
- 1
present participle of blesser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui blesse.
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 blessant
- blessante feminine
- blessants masculine plural
- blessantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blessant?
- /blɛ.sɑ̃/
- /ble.sɑ̃/
- \blɛ.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 blessant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blessant in French?
blessant appears 2.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).