écrasant
French, adjective/e.kʁa.zɑ̃/
écrasant is spelled É-C-R-A-S-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,237th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Écrasant is a French adjective meaning “crushing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of écraser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont le poids est tel qu’il peut écraser”.
What does écrasant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crushing
- 2
overwhelming
verb
- 1
present participle of écraser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont le poids est tel qu’il peut écraser. 2. Qualifie des forces militaires contre lesquelles tout effort est impuissant.
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 écrasant
- écrasante feminine
- écrasants masculine plural
- écrasantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce écrasant?
- /e.kʁa.zɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to écrasant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is écrasant in French?
écrasant appears 1.4 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).