méprisant
French, adjective/me.pʁi.zɑ̃/
méprisant is spelled M-É-P-R-I-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méprisant is a French adjective meaning “disdainful, contemptuous, condescending” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of mépriser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui marque du mépris”.
What does méprisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disdainful, contemptuous, condescending
verb
- 1
present participle of mépriser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui marque du mépris.
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 méprisant
- méprisante feminine
- méprisants masculine plural
- méprisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méprisant?
- /me.pʁi.zɑ̃/
- \me.pʁi.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 méprisant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méprisant in French?
méprisant appears 1.5 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).