écœurant
French, noun/e.kœ.ʁɑ̃/
écœurant is spelled É-C-Œ-U-R-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Écœurant is a French masculine noun meaning “an annoying person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of écœurer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfoiré, salaud”.
What does écœurant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sickening, nauseating
- 2
Quebecinformalvery good, excellent
noun
- 1
Quebecinformalmasculinean annoying person
verb
- 1
present participle of écœurer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui écœure, au sens propre et au sens figuré. 2. Qui est bon, admirable. 3. Qui est délicieux.
noun: 1. Enfoiré, salaud.
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 écœurant
- écœurante feminine
- écœurants masculine plural
- écœurantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce écœurant?
- /e.kœ.ʁɑ̃/
- \e.kœ.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to écœurant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is écœurant in French?
écœurant 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).