militant
French, noun/mi.li.tɑ̃/
militant is spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Militant is a French masculine noun meaning “an activist, campaigner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of militer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne soutenant et promouvant un parti politique, une idéologie, une opinion auprès des citoyens et des…”.
What does militant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
militant
noun
- 1
masculinean activist, campaigner
verb
- 1
present participle of militer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui lutte, qui attaque, qui défend une cause ou une idéologie, qui paie de sa personne. Relatif notamment aux milieux politique et associatif. 2. Relatif au militantisme. 3. Qualifie, dans l’Église, l’assemblée des fidèles sur la terre.
noun: 1. Personne soutenant et promouvant un parti politique, une idéologie, une opinion auprès des citoyens et des politiques.
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 militant
- militante feminine
- militants masculine plural
- militantes feminine plural
- militanx neuter
- militantex neuter
- militant·e neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce militant?
- /mi.li.tɑ̃/
- \mi.li.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to militant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is militant in French?
militant appears 12 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).