faignant
French, noun\fɛ.ɲɑ̃\
faignant is spelled F-A-I-G-N-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faignant is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative form of feignant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de feignant”.
What does faignant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative form of feignant
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of feignant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante orthographique de feignant.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de feignant.
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 faignant
- faignante feminine
- faignants masculine plural
- faignantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faignant?
- \fɛ.ɲɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is faignant in French?
faignant appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).