empiétant
French, verb/ɑ̃.pje.tɑ̃/
empiétant is spelled E-M-P-I-É-T-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empiétant is a French verb meaning “present participle of empiéter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does empiétant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of empiéter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d'un rapace ou d'un oiseau tenant une proie ou un objet dans ses pattes.
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 empiétant
- empiétants plural masculine
- empiétante singular feminine
- empiétantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empiétant?
- /ɑ̃.pje.tɑ̃/
- \ɑ̃.pje.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empiétant in French?
empiétant appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).