fascinant
French, adjective/fa.si.nɑ̃/
fascinant is spelled F-A-S-C-I-N-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written French, the 10,141st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fascinant is a French adjective meaning “fascinating; captivating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of fasciner. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui suscite une profonde attirance”.
What does fascinant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fascinating; captivating
verb
- 1
present participle of fasciner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui suscite une profonde attirance.
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 fascinant
- fascinante feminine
- fascinants masculine plural
- fascinantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fascinant?
- /fa.si.nɑ̃/
- \fa.si.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fascinant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fascinant in French?
fascinant appears 5.8 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).