jaunissant
French, adjective/ʒo.ni.sɑ̃/
jaunissant is spelled J-A-U-N-I-S-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jaunissant is a French adjective meaning “yellowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of jaunir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est en train de jaunir ; qui est en cours de jaunissement”.
What does jaunissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
yellowing
verb
- 1
present participle of jaunir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est en train de jaunir ; qui est en cours de jaunissement.
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 jaunissant
- jaunissante feminine
- jaunissants masculine plural
- jaunissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jaunissant?
- /ʒo.ni.sɑ̃/
- \ʒo.ni.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jaunissant in French?
jaunissant appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).