combattante
French, noun/kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃t/
combattante is spelled C-O-M-B-A-T-T-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Combattante is a French feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of combattant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldate qui marche en campagne”.
What does combattante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of combattant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Soldate qui marche en campagne. 2. Soldate qui, dans une armée, prend part aux combats, par opposition à celles qui n’y prennent pas part, tels que les employées de l’administration, les chirurgiennes, les blessées, les espionnes, les civiles non armées.
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 combattante
- combattantes plural
- combattant masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce combattante?
- /kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃t/
- \kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃t\
- [kɔ̃.ba.tɑ̃t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to combattante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is combattante in French?
combattante 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).