gauchisant
French, adjective/ɡo.ʃi.zɑ̃/
gauchisant is spelled G-A-U-C-H-I-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gauchisant is a French adjective meaning “lefty, pinko (having left-wing politics)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of gauchiser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tend vers la gauche, voire vers le gauchisme”.
What does gauchisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatorylefty, pinko (having left-wing politics)
verb
- 1
present participle of gauchiser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tend vers la gauche, voire vers le gauchisme.
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 gauchisant
- gauchisante feminine
- gauchisants masculine plural
- gauchisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gauchisant?
- /ɡo.ʃi.zɑ̃/
- \ɡo.ʃi.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gauchisant in French?
gauchisant appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).