écoutant
French, verb/e.ku.tɑ̃/
écoutant is a French verb meaning “present participle of écouter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does écoutant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of écouter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui écoute. 2. Qualifie un avocat qui ne plaide pas, faute de clients, et se contente d’écouter les plaidoiries des autres.
noun: 1. Personne qui écoute. 2. Auditeur d’un colloque, d’un discours.
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 écoutant
- écoutants plural masculine
- écoutante singular feminine
- écoutantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce écoutant?
- /e.ku.tɑ̃/
- \e.ku.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is écoutant in French?
écoutant appears 5.1 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).