décoiffant
French, adjective/de.kwa.fɑ̃/
décoiffant is spelled D-É-C-O-I-F-F-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décoiffant is a French adjective meaning “mind-blowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of décoiffer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui surprend”.
What does décoiffant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mind-blowing
verb
- 1
present participle of décoiffer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui surprend. 2. Qui chamboule les règles, les théories habituelles.
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 décoiffant
- décoiffante feminine
- décoiffants masculine plural
- décoiffantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décoiffant?
- /de.kwa.fɑ̃/
- \de.kwa.fɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is décoiffant in French?
décoiffant appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).