évanescent
French, adjective/e.va.nɛ.sɑ̃/
évanescent is spelled É-V-A-N-E-S-C-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Évanescent is a French adjective meaning “evanescent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Susceptible de facilement disparaître, de s’évanouir sans cesse”.
What does évanescent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
evanescent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Susceptible de facilement disparaître, de s’évanouir sans cesse. 2. Difficile à cerner, fuyant.
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 évanescent
- évanescente feminine
- évanescents masculine plural
- évanescentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce évanescent?
- /e.va.nɛ.sɑ̃/
- /e.va.ne.sɑ̃/
- \e.va.ne.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to évanescent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is évanescent in French?
évanescent appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).