dolent
French, adjective/dɔ.lɑ̃/
dolent is spelled D-O-L-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dolent is a French adjective meaning “mournful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est dans un état de souffrance pénible”.
What does dolent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
archaicmournful
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est dans un état de souffrance pénible. 2. Qui affecte un air plaintif ou une voix plaintive. 3. Qui est causé par un mal physique.
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 dolent
- dolente feminine
- dolents masculine plural
- dolentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dolent?
- /dɔ.lɑ̃/
- \dɔ.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dolent in French?
dolent appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).