festoyant
French, adjective/fɛs.twa.jɑ̃/
festoyant is spelled F-E-S-T-O-Y-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festoyant is a French adjective meaning “feasting, making merry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of festoyer.
What does festoyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
feasting, making merry
verb
- 1
present participle of festoyer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui festoie.
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 festoyant
- festoyante feminine
- festoyants masculine plural
- festoyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festoyant?
- /fɛs.twa.jɑ̃/
- \fɛs.twa.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is festoyant in French?
festoyant appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).