malaisant
French, adjective/ma.lɛ.zɑ̃/
malaisant is spelled M-A-L-A-I-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,397th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malaisant is a French adjective meaning “cringey, cringeworthy, awkward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause un malaise, une situation d’inconfort face au comportement d’une autre personne ou à un événement…”.
What does malaisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalcringey, cringeworthy, awkward
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause un malaise, une situation d’inconfort face au comportement d’une autre personne ou à un événement incompréhensible.
adjective: 1. Qui parle le malais.
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 malaisant
- malaisante feminine
- malaisants masculine plural
- malaisantes feminine plural
- malaïsants plural masculine
- malaïsante singular feminine
- malaïsantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malaisant?
- /ma.lɛ.zɑ̃/
- /ma.le.zɑ̃/
- \ma.lɛ.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 malaisant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malaisant in French?
malaisant 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).