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encadrant

French, noun/ɑ̃.ka.dʁɑ̃/

encadrant is spelled E-N-C-A-D-R-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encadrant is a French masculine noun meaning “supervisor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of encadrer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne chargée de l’encadrement d’un groupe de personnes à une occasion particulière”.

What does encadrant mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    framing

  2. 2

    supervising

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesupervisor

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of encadrer

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui encadre.

noun: 1. Personne chargée de l’encadrement d’un groupe de personnes à une occasion particulière.

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 encadrant

  • encadrante feminine
  • encadrants masculine plural
  • encadrantes feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce encadrant?

  • /ɑ̃.ka.dʁɑ̃/
  • \ɑ̃.ka.dʁɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is encadrant in French?

encadrant appears 1.6 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).

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