levant
French, noun/lə.vɑ̃/
levant is spelled L-E-V-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written French, the 8,354th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Levant is a French masculine noun meaning “the east, the orient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of lever. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Orient, est, lieu où le soleil se lève”.
What does levant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rising
noun
- 1
masculinethe east, the orient
verb
- 1
present participle of lever
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se lève. 2. Qui se lève, en parlant du soleil.
noun: 1. Orient, est, lieu où le soleil se lève.
noun: 1. Vent d’est doux et très humide soufflant en mer Méditerranée.
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 levant
- levante feminine
- levants masculine plural
- levantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce levant?
- /lə.vɑ̃/
- \lə.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to levant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is levant in French?
levant appears 7.4 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).