émergent
French, adjective/e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
émergent is spelled É-M-E-R-G-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Émergent is a French adjective meaning “emerging (in the process of emerging)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of émerger. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui émerge”.
What does émergent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
emerging (in the process of emerging)
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of émerger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui émerge. 2. Qualifie les rayons de lumière qui sortent d’un milieu après l’avoir traversé. 3. Qualifie un pays ou une économie qui connaissent une croissance rapide.
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 émergent
- émergente feminine
- émergents masculine plural
- émergentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce émergent?
- /e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/
- /e.mɛʁʒ/
- \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to émergent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is émergent in French?
émergent appears 2.4 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).