bouillant
French, adjective/bu.jɑ̃/
bouillant is spelled B-O-U-I-L-L-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouillant is a French adjective meaning “boiling (having reached boiling point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of bouillir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui bout”.
What does bouillant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
boiling (having reached boiling point)
- 2
colloquialvery hot
verb
- 1
present participle of bouillir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui bout. 2. Qui est extrêmement chaud. 3. Qui est prompt, vif, ardent, en parlant d’une personne. 4. Compliqué ; controversé.
noun: 1. Petit pâté de hachis de volaille. ^([2])
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 bouillant
- bouillante feminine
- bouillants masculine plural
- bouillantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouillant?
- /bu.jɑ̃/
- \bu.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bouillant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouillant in French?
bouillant appears 1.7 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).