frappant
French, adjective/fʁa.pɑ̃/
frappant is spelled F-R-A-P-P-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frappant is a French adjective meaning “striking; noticeable; remarkable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of frapper. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait une impression vive sur les sens, sur l’esprit, sur l’âme”.
What does frappant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
striking; noticeable; remarkable
en contraste frappant
verb
- 1
present participle of frapper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait une impression vive sur les sens, sur l’esprit, sur l’âme. 2. Qui est évident.
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 frappant
- frappante feminine
- frappants masculine plural
- frappantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frappant?
- /fʁa.pɑ̃/
- \fʁa.pɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frappant in French?
frappant appears 4.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).