flétrissant
French, adjective/fle.tʁi.sɑ̃/
flétrissant is spelled F-L-É-T-R-I-S-S-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flétrissant is a French adjective meaning “withering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of flétrir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui marque d’ignominie”.
What does flétrissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
withering
- 2
ignominious
verb
- 1
present participle of flétrir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui marque d’ignominie.
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 flétrissant
- flétrissante feminine
- flétrissants masculine plural
- flétrissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flétrissant?
- /fle.tʁi.sɑ̃/
- \fle.tʁi.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is flétrissant in French?
flétrissant appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).