bruyant
French, adjective/bʁɥi.jɑ̃/
bruyant is spelled B-R-U-Y-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bruyant is a French adjective meaning “noisy (making a noise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of bruire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait du bruit ou qui est accompagné de bruit”.
What does bruyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
noisy (making a noise)
verb
- 1
present participle of bruire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait du bruit ou qui est accompagné de bruit. 2. Où il se fait, où l’on entend beaucoup de bruit.
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 bruyant
- bruyante feminine
- bruyants masculine plural
- bruyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bruyant?
- /bʁɥi.jɑ̃/
- \bʁɥi.jɑ̃\
- [bʁɥi.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 bruyant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bruyant in French?
bruyant appears 2.8 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).