instantané
French, noun/ɛ̃s.tɑ̃.ta.ne/
instantané is spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-T-A-N-É (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,365th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instantané is a French masculine noun meaning “snap, snapshot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Photographie obtenue par une très courte exposition”.
What does instantané mean in English?
adjective
- 1
instant
café instantané
noun
- 1
masculinesnap, snapshot
- 2
masculinesnapshot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne dure qu’un instant, qui se produit soudainement, en un instant. 2. Qui caractérise l’état à l’instant, par opposition à une valeur moyenne, une valeur efficace, etc.
noun: 1. Photographie obtenue par une très courte exposition. 2. Image capturée d’une action, d’un évènement. 3. Appareil qui sert à faire des photographies instantanées. 4. État d'un système sauvegardé à un instant donné.
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 instantané
- instantanée feminine
- instantanés masculine plural
- instantanées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce instantané?
- /ɛ̃s.tɑ̃.ta.ne/
- \ɛ̃s.tɑ̃.ta.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to instantané
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is instantané in French?
instantané appears 2.6 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).