fantassin
French, noun/fɑ̃.ta.sɛ̃/
fantassin is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-S-I-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 59,168th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fantassin is a French masculine noun meaning “foot soldier, infantryman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Soldat combattant à pied ; soldat d’infanterie”.
What does fantassin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefoot soldier, infantryman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne les fantassins.
noun: 1. Soldat combattant à pied ; soldat d’infanterie.
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 fantassin
- fantassins plural
- fantassine singular feminine
- fantassines plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fantassin?
- /fɑ̃.ta.sɛ̃/
- \fɑ̃.ta.sɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fantassin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fantassin in French?
fantassin appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).