captivant
French, adjective/kap.ti.vɑ̃/
captivant is spelled C-A-P-T-I-V-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,862nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Captivant is a French adjective meaning “captivating; fascinating; absorbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of captiver. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui captive”.
What does captivant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
captivating; fascinating; absorbing
verb
- 1
present participle of captiver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui captive.
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 captivant
- captivante feminine
- captivants masculine plural
- captivantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce captivant?
- /kap.ti.vɑ̃/
- \kap.ti.vɑ̃\
- [kap.ti.vɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to captivant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is captivant in French?
captivant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).