déhiscent
French, adjective/de.i.sɑ̃/
déhiscent is a French adjective meaning “dehiscent (which dehisces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural present indicative of déhiscer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit d'un organe, notamment un fruit, qui s'ouvre spontanément à maturité”.
What does déhiscent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dehiscent (which dehisces)
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative of déhiscer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d'un organe, notamment un fruit, qui s'ouvre spontanément à maturité. 2. Qui s’écartent un peu l’un de l’autre à l’extrémité, en parlant des élytres d'un insecte coléoptère. 3. Objet abîmé, fendillé, craquelé.
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 déhiscent
- déhiscente feminine
- déhiscents masculine plural
- déhiscentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déhiscent?
- /de.i.sɑ̃/
- /de.is/
- \de.i.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déhiscent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déhiscent in French?
déhiscent appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).