insistant
French, adjective/ɛ̃.sis.tɑ̃/
insistant is spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insistant is a French adjective meaning “insistent, pressing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of insister. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se montre pressant”.
What does insistant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
insistent, pressing
- 2
persistent
verb
- 1
present participle of insister
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se montre pressant. 2. Persistant.
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 insistant
- insistante feminine
- insistants masculine plural
- insistantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insistant?
- /ɛ̃.sis.tɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.sis.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is insistant in French?
insistant appears 2.8 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).