bretonnant
French, adjective/bʁə.tɔ.nɑ̃/
bretonnant is spelled B-R-E-T-O-N-N-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written French, the 177,898th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bretonnant is a French adjective meaning “Breton-speaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of bretonner. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui parle breton”.
What does bretonnant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Breton-speaking
verb
- 1
present participle of bretonner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui parle breton.
noun: 1. Personne ayant une pratique culturelle tendant aux traditionalismes en Bretagne, locuteur en langue bretonne.
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 bretonnant
- bretonnante feminine
- bretonnants masculine plural
- bretonnantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bretonnant?
- /bʁə.tɔ.nɑ̃/
- \bʁə.tɔ.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bretonnant in French?
bretonnant appears about once in every 31 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).