dépassant
French, verb/de.pa.sɑ̃/
dépassant is spelled D-É-P-A-S-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dépassant is a French verb meaning “present participle of dépasser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dépassant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of dépasser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ornement, garniture qui dépasse à dessein la partie du vêtement à laquelle elle est adaptée.
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 dépassant
- dépassants plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dépassant?
- /de.pa.sɑ̃/
- /de.pɑ.sɑ̃/
- \de.pa.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dépassant in French?
dépassant appears 5.8 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).