cahotant
French, adjective\ka.ɔ.tɑ̃\
cahotant is spelled C-A-H-O-T-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cahotant is a French adjective meaning “jolting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of cahoter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait faire, ou qui fait des cahots”.
What does cahotant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
jolting
verb
- 1
present participle of cahoter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait faire, ou qui fait des cahots.
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 cahotant
- cahotante feminine
- cahotants masculine plural
- cahotantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cahotant?
- \ka.ɔ.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cahotant in French?
cahotant appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).