choquant
French, adjective/ʃɔ.kɑ̃/
choquant is spelled C-H-O-Q-U-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Choquant is a French adjective meaning “shocking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of choquer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui offense, qui déplaît par son immoralité ou son inconvenance”.
What does choquant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shocking
verb
- 1
present participle of choquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui offense, qui déplaît par son immoralité ou son inconvenance.
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 choquant
- choquante feminine
- choquants masculine plural
- choquantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce choquant?
- /ʃɔ.kɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to choquant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is choquant in French?
choquant appears 4.6 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).