informant
French, verb\ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɑ̃\
informant is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Informant is a French verb meaning “present participle of informer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does informant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of informer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui fournit des informations.
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 informant
- informants plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce informant?
- \ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is informant in French?
informant appears 1.1 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).