bouleversant
French, adjective/bul.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
bouleversant is spelled B-O-U-L-E-V-E-R-S-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouleversant is a French adjective meaning “heartrending, deeply moving, deeply touching, earth-shattering (very upsetting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of bouleverser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de nature à bouleverser, qui cause beaucoup d’émotion”.
What does bouleversant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heartrending, deeply moving, deeply touching, earth-shattering (very upsetting)
Il leur a raconté une histoire bouleversante.
verb
- 1
present participle of bouleverser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est de nature à bouleverser, qui cause beaucoup d’émotion.
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 bouleversant
- bouleversante feminine
- bouleversants masculine plural
- bouleversantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bouleversant?
- /bul.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
- \bul.vɛʁ.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bouleversant in French?
bouleversant appears 1.3 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).