ferraillant
French, adjective/fɛ.ʁa.jɑ̃/
ferraillant is spelled F-E-R-R-A-I-L-L-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferraillant is a French adjective meaning “rattling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ferrailler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait un bruit de ferraille”.
What does ferraillant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rattling
Le taxi arriva bientôt, une vieille C4 ferraillante.
verb
- 1
present participle of ferrailler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait un bruit de ferraille.
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 ferraillant
- ferraillante feminine
- ferraillants masculine plural
- ferraillantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferraillant?
- /fɛ.ʁa.jɑ̃/
- /fe.ʁa.jɑ̃/
- \fe.ʁɑ.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ferraillant in French?
ferraillant appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).