lénifiant
French, adjective\le.ni.fjɑ̃\
lénifiant is spelled L-É-N-I-F-I-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lénifiant is a French adjective meaning “emollient, soothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apaisant”.
What does lénifiant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
emollient, soothing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Apaisant. 2. Fade, douceâtre, mou.
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 lénifiant
- lénifiante feminine
- lénifiants masculine plural
- lénifiantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lénifiant?
- \le.ni.fjɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lénifiant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lénifiant in French?
lénifiant appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).