instant
French, noun/ɛ̃s.tɑ̃/
instant is spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written French, the 902nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instant is a French masculine noun meaning “instant, minute, moment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Durée très brève, voire infinitésimale”.
What does instant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pressing, insistent
noun
- 1
masculineinstant, minute, moment
Near-synonym: moment
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est pressant. 2. Qui est imminent, urgent.
adverb: 1. Instantanément.
noun: 1. Durée très brève, voire infinitésimale. 2. Point précis, moment exact ou défini, dans le temps.
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 instant
- instante feminine
- instants masculine plural
- instantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instant?
- /ɛ̃s.tɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\
- \ɛ̃s.tɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instant in French?
instant appears 93 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).