croyant
French, noun/kʁwa.jɑ̃/
croyant is spelled C-R-O-Y-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written French, the 7,293rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croyant is a French masculine noun meaning “believer (one who adheres to a religious faith)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of croire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui croit ce que sa religion enseigne”.
What does croyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
who adheres to a religious faith
Je suis croyant.
noun
- 1
masculinebeliever (one who adheres to a religious faith)
verb
- 1
present participle of croire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui croit ce que sa religion enseigne.
noun: 1. Celui qui croit ce que sa religion enseigne.
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 croyant
- croyante feminine
- croyants masculine plural
- croyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croyant?
- /kʁwa.jɑ̃/
- \kʁwa.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to croyant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is croyant in French?
croyant appears 8.9 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).