estivant
French, noun/ɛs.ti.vɑ̃/
estivant is spelled E-S-T-I-V-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estivant is a French masculine noun meaning “summer holidaymaker (UK), summer vacationer (USA)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of estiver. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Touriste de la saison estivale”.
What does estivant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesummer holidaymaker (UK), summer vacationer (USA)
verb
- 1
present participle of estiver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Touriste de la saison estivale.
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 estivant
- estivants plural
- estivante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estivant?
- /ɛs.ti.vɑ̃/
- \ɛs.ti.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estivant in French?
estivant appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).