mouvant
French, adjective/mu.vɑ̃/
mouvant is spelled M-O-U-V-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mouvant is a French adjective meaning “moving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of mouvoir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se meut, qui est en mouvement”.
What does mouvant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
moving
verb
- 1
present participle of mouvoir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se meut, qui est en mouvement. 2. Qualifie un tableau où il y a des figures qui se meuvent mécaniquement. 3. Qui n’est pas stable. 4. Qui se dérobe sous les pieds.
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 mouvant
- mouvante feminine
- mouvants masculine plural
- mouvantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mouvant?
- /mu.vɑ̃/
- \mu.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mouvant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mouvant in French?
mouvant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).