frétillant
French, adjective/fʁe.ti.jɑ̃/
frétillant is spelled F-R-É-T-I-L-L-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frétillant is a French adjective meaning “wriggling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of frétiller. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui frétille”.
What does frétillant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wriggling
- 2
wagging
verb
- 1
present participle of frétiller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui frétille.
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 frétillant
- frétillante feminine
- frétillants masculine plural
- frétillantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frétillant?
- /fʁe.ti.jɑ̃/
- \fʁe.ti.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frétillant in French?
frétillant appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).