défendant
French, verb/de.fɑ̃.dɑ̃/
défendant is spelled D-É-F-E-N-D-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Défendant is a French verb meaning “present participle of défendre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does défendant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of défendre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se défend.
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 défendant
- défendants plural masculine
- défendante singular feminine
- défendantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce défendant?
- /de.fɑ̃.dɑ̃/
- \de.fɑ̃.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to défendant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is défendant in French?
défendant appears 3.9 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).