menaçant
French, adjective/mə.na.sɑ̃/
menaçant is spelled M-E-N-A-Ç-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menaçant is a French adjective meaning “menacing, threatening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of menacer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui menace”.
What does menaçant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
menacing, threatening
verb
- 1
present participle of menacer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui menace.
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 menaçant
- menaçante feminine
- menaçants masculine plural
- menaçantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menaçant?
- /mə.na.sɑ̃/
- \mə.na.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menaçant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menaçant in French?
menaçant appears 5.2 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).