chauffant
French, adjective/ʃo.fɑ̃/
chauffant is spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chauffant is a French adjective meaning “heating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of chauffer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui permet de chauffer”.
What does chauffant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heating
couverture chauffante
verb
- 1
present participle of chauffer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui permet de chauffer.
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 chauffant
- chauffante feminine
- chauffants masculine plural
- chauffantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chauffant?
- /ʃo.fɑ̃/
- \ʃɔ.fɑ̃\
- [ʃɔ.fɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chauffant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chauffant in French?
chauffant 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).