louvoyant
French, adjective/lu.vwa.jɑ̃/
louvoyant is spelled L-O-U-V-O-Y-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Louvoyant is a French adjective meaning “manoeuvering, manipulative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of louvoyer.
What does louvoyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
manoeuvering, manipulative
verb
- 1
present participle of louvoyer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of louvoyant
- louvoyante feminine
- louvoyants masculine plural
- louvoyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce louvoyant?
- /lu.vwa.jɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is louvoyant in French?
louvoyant appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).