combattant
French, noun/kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃/
combattant is spelled C-O-M-B-A-T-T-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Combattant is a French masculine noun meaning “combatant; fighter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of combattre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat qui, dans une armée, prend part aux combats, par opposition à ceux qui n’y prennent pas part, tels que…”.
What does combattant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecombatant; fighter
verb
- 1
present participle of combattre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldat marchant en campagne sous les ordres d’un chef. 2. Soldat qui, dans une armée, prend part aux combats, par opposition à ceux qui n’y prennent pas part, tels que les employés de l’administration, les chirurgiens, les blessés, les espions, les civils non armés, etc. 3. Poisson tropical, de nom scientifique Betta splendens, dont les mâles ont tendance à combattre les autres mâles.
adjective: 1. Qui tient de la nature du combattant.
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 combattant
- combattants plural
- combattante feminine
- combattantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce combattant?
- /kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃/
- \kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃\
- [kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to combattant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is combattant in French?
combattant appears 7.1 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).