brisant
French, noun/bʁi.zɑ̃/
brisant is spelled B-R-I-S-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brisant is a French masculine noun meaning “reef” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of briser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rocher, écueil à fleur d’eau, sur lequel la mer se brise. (Souvent au pluriel.)”.
What does brisant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereef
- 2
masculinebreaker (wave)
verb
- 1
present participle of briser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit des explosifs dotés d’une vitesse de détonation et d’un pouvoir de fragmentation très élevés.
noun: 1. Rocher, écueil à fleur d’eau, sur lequel la mer se brise. (Souvent au pluriel.) 2. Dispositif destiné à briser les lames. 3. Lames déferlantes qui viennent se briser sur la côte.
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 brisant
- brisants plural
- brisante singular feminine
- brisantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brisant?
- /bʁi.zɑ̃/
- \bʁi.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brisant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brisant in French?
brisant appears 1.1 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).