foudroyant
French, adjective/fu.dʁwa.jɑ̃/
foudroyant is a French adjective meaning “rapid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of foudroyer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui lance la foudre”.
What does foudroyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rapid
- 2
devastating
- 3
fulminant; fatal, deadly (coming on quickly and destructively)
Il a contracté une méningite foudroyante.
verb
- 1
present participle of foudroyer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui lance la foudre. 2. Qui se produit avec la rapidité et l’imprévu de la foudre. 3. Qui cause promptement la mort. 4. Ce qui interdit, ce qui confond, ou de ce qui est destiné à interdire, à confondre.
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 foudroyant
- foudroyante feminine
- foudroyants masculine plural
- foudroyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foudroyant?
- /fu.dʁwa.jɑ̃/
- \fud.ʁwa.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to foudroyant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is foudroyant in French?
foudroyant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).