décourageant
French, adjective/de.ku.ʁa.ʒɑ̃/
décourageant is spelled D-É-C-O-U-R-A-G-E-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,335th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Décourageant is a French adjective meaning “discouraging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of décourager. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui décourage”.
What does décourageant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
discouraging
- 2
depressing
verb
- 1
present participle of décourager
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui décourage.
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 décourageant
- décourageante feminine
- décourageants masculine plural
- décourageantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décourageant?
- /de.ku.ʁa.ʒɑ̃/
- \de.ku.ʁa.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to décourageant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is décourageant in French?
décourageant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).