embarrassant
French, adjective/ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɑ̃/
embarrassant is spelled E-M-B-A-R-R-A-S-S-A-N-T (12 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embarrassant is a French adjective meaning “embarrassing (causing embarrassment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of embarrasser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause de l’embarras ; qui est incommode ou gênant”.
What does embarrassant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
embarrassing (causing embarrassment)
verb
- 1
present participle of embarrasser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause de l’embarras ; qui est incommode ou gênant.
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 embarrassant
- embarrassante feminine
- embarrassants masculine plural
- embarrassantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embarrassant?
- /ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.ba.ʁa.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embarrassant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embarrassant in French?
embarrassant appears 1.1 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).