fulminant
French, adjective/fyl.mi.nɑ̃/
fulminant is spelled F-U-L-M-I-N-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fulminant is a French adjective meaning “fulminant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of fulminer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui lance la foudre, qui est armé de la foudre”.
What does fulminant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fulminant
verb
- 1
present participle of fulminer
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, qui est armé de la foudre. 2. Certaines compositions qui détonent ou éclatent quand on les chauffe ou qu’on les comprime. 3. Qui est chargé de menaces ou qui dénote une violente colère.
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 fulminant
- fulminante feminine
- fulminants masculine plural
- fulminantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fulminant?
- /fyl.mi.nɑ̃/
- \fyl.mi.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fulminant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fulminant in French?
fulminant appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).