cinglant
French, adjective/sɛ̃.ɡlɑ̃/
cinglant is spelled C-I-N-G-L-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cinglant is a French adjective meaning “scathing, stinging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of cingler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cingle, qui fouette”.
What does cinglant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scathing, stinging
verb
- 1
present participle of cingler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cingle, qui fouette. 2. Caractérise une élocution courroucée, voire violente, qui n'appelle aucune réponse de la part du destinataire.
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 cinglant
- cinglante feminine
- cinglants masculine plural
- cinglantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cinglant?
- /sɛ̃.ɡlɑ̃/
- \sɛ̃.ɡlɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cinglant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cinglant in French?
cinglant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).