languissant
French, adjective/lɑ̃.ɡi.sɑ̃/
languissant is spelled L-A-N-G-U-I-S-S-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Languissant is a French adjective meaning “languishing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of languir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est dans un état de langueur, en parlant des personnes ou des choses ou de faiblesse”.
What does languissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
languishing
verb
- 1
present participle of languir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est dans un état de langueur, en parlant des personnes ou des choses ou de faiblesse. 2. Qui marque beaucoup d’abattement ou beaucoup d’amour. 3. Langoureux ; énamouré.
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 languissant
- languissante feminine
- languissants masculine plural
- languissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce languissant?
- /lɑ̃.ɡi.sɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to languissant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is languissant in French?
languissant appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).