décevant
French, adjective/des.vɑ̃/
décevant is spelled D-É-C-E-V-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décevant is a French adjective meaning “disappointing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of décevoir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui déçoit ; qui cause de la déception”.
What does décevant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disappointing
verb
- 1
present participle of décevoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui déçoit ; qui cause de la déception.
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 décevant
- décevante feminine
- décevants masculine plural
- décevantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décevant?
- /des.vɑ̃/
- /dɛs.vɑ̃/
- \de.sə.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décevant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décevant in French?
décevant appears 4.3 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).