mendiant
French, noun/mɑ̃.djɑ̃/
mendiant is spelled M-E-N-D-I-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mendiant is a French masculine noun meaning “a beggar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of mendier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui sollicite des dons pour survivre, qui vit de mendicité”.
What does mendiant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea beggar
- 2
masculinea traditional Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders
- 3
masculinea pastry from Alsace and Franche-Comté
verb
- 1
present participle of mendier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont la subsistance dépend de la charité publique. 2. Qui quémande.
noun: 1. Celui qui sollicite des dons pour survivre, qui vit de mendicité. 2. Ordre mendiant, celui qui choisit de mendier pour des raisons religieuses. 3. Quatre sortes de fruits secs, qui sont les figues, les noisettes, les raisins et les amandes, et dont on fait des assiettes de dessert. 4. Petit gâteau sec recouvert de chocolat sur lequel se trouvent des petits morceaux de fruits secs.
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 mendiant
- mendiants plural
- mendiante feminine
- mendiantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mendiant?
- /mɑ̃.djɑ̃/
- \mɑ̃.djɑ̃\
- [mɑ̃.djɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mendiant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mendiant in French?
mendiant appears 1.3 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).