luisant
French, adjective/lɥi.zɑ̃/
luisant is spelled L-U-I-S-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luisant is a French adjective meaning “gleaming, glistening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of luire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui luit, qui jette une lumière”.
What does luisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gleaming, glistening
verb
- 1
present participle of luire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui luit, qui jette une lumière. 2. Qui a de l’éclat, qui réfléchit une lumière.
noun: 1. Ce qui luit dans l’obscurité. 2. Ce qui donne des éclats de lumière. 3. Le Soleil.
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 luisant
- luisante feminine
- luisants masculine plural
- luisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce luisant?
- /lɥi.zɑ̃/
- \lɥi.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to luisant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is luisant in French?
luisant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).