déstabilisant
French, adjective/des.ta.bi.li.zɑ̃/
déstabilisant is spelled D-É-S-T-A-B-I-L-I-S-A-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déstabilisant is a French adjective meaning “unsettling, disorienting, troubling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of déstabiliser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui déstabilise”.
What does déstabilisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unsettling, disorienting, troubling
verb
- 1
present participle of déstabiliser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui déstabilise.
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 déstabilisant
- déstabilisante feminine
- déstabilisants masculine plural
- déstabilisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déstabilisant?
- /des.ta.bi.li.zɑ̃/
- \de.sta.bi.li.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déstabilisant in French?
déstabilisant 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).