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encaissant

French, verb/ɑ̃.kɛ.sɑ̃/

encaissant is spelled E-N-C-A-I-S-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,881st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encaissant is a French verb meaning “present participle of encaisser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does encaissant mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of encaisser

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Roche encaissante.

adjective: 1. Qui encaisse, entoure.

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 encaissant

  • encaissants plural
  • encaissante singular feminine
  • encaissantes plural feminine

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

How do you pronounce encaissant?

  • /ɑ̃.kɛ.sɑ̃/
  • /ɑ̃.ke.sɑ̃/
  • \ɑ̃.kɛ.sɑ̃\

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

How common is encaissant in French?

encaissant appears about once in every 3 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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