évitant
French, verb/e.vi.tɑ̃/
évitant is a French verb meaning “present participle of éviter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does évitant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of éviter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à une personnalité prudente et timide, qui fuit les relations avec les autres de peur de leur paraître inférieure.
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 évitant
- évitants plural masculine
- évitante singular feminine
- évitantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce évitant?
- /e.vi.tɑ̃/
- \e.vi.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is évitant in French?
évitant appears 5.0 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).