chatouillant
French, adjective\ʃa.tu.jɑ̃\
chatouillant is spelled C-H-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chatouillant is a French adjective meaning “tickling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of chatouiller. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui provoque des chatouillements”.
What does chatouillant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
tickling
verb
- 1
present participle of chatouiller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui provoque des chatouillements.
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 chatouillant
- chatouillante feminine
- chatouillants masculine plural
- chatouillantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chatouillant?
- \ʃa.tu.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chatouillant in French?
chatouillant appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).