fuyant
French, adjective/fɥi.jɑ̃/
fuyant is spelled F-U-Y-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fuyant is a French adjective meaning “shifty, elusive, evasive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of fuir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui va en arrière”.
What does fuyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shifty, elusive, evasive
un caractère fuyant
- 2
receding
un menton fuyant
verb
- 1
present participle of fuir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui va en arrière. 2. Tout ce qui, comparé à un autre objet, paraît s’enfoncer dans le tableau. 3. Qualifie l'échelle qu’on trace pour trouver la diminution des objets, relativement à leur enfoncement. 4. Qui se dérobe aux déclarations franches.
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 fuyant
- fuyante feminine
- fuyants masculine plural
- fuyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fuyant?
- /fɥi.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 fuyant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fuyant in French?
fuyant appears 3.0 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).