fracassant
French, adjective/fʁa.ka.sɑ̃/
fracassant is spelled F-R-A-C-A-S-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 58,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fracassant is a French adjective meaning “crashing, roaring, sensational” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of fracasser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait un bruit assourdissant”.
What does fracassant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crashing, roaring, sensational
une entrée fracassante
verb
- 1
present participle of fracasser
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 assourdissant.
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 fracassant
- fracassante feminine
- fracassants masculine plural
- fracassantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fracassant?
- /fʁa.ka.sɑ̃/
- \fʁa.ka.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fracassant in French?
fracassant appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).