exigeant
French, adjective/ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃/
exigeant is spelled E-X-I-G-E-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exigeant is a French adjective meaning “demanding; exacting; strict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of exiger. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est dans l’habitude d’exiger beaucoup ou trop de déférence, d’attentions, de travail, d’argent, de…”.
What does exigeant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
demanding; exacting; strict
verb
- 1
present participle of exiger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est dans l’habitude d’exiger beaucoup ou trop de déférence, d’attentions, de travail, d’argent, de services.
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 exigeant
- exigeante feminine
- exigeants masculine plural
- exigeantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exigeant?
- /ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃/
- \ɛɡ.zi.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exigeant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exigeant in French?
exigeant appears 5.9 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).