ionisant
French, adjective/jɔ.ni.zɑ̃/
ionisant is spelled I-O-N-I-S-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ionisant is a French adjective meaning “ionizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ioniser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui produit des ions”.
What does ionisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ionizing
verb
- 1
present participle of ioniser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui produit des ions.
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 ionisant
- ionisante feminine
- ionisants masculine plural
- ionisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ionisant?
- /jɔ.ni.zɑ̃/
- \jɔ.ni.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ionisant in French?
ionisant appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).