mugissant
French, adjective/my.ʒi.sɑ̃/
mugissant is spelled M-U-G-I-S-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mugissant is a French adjective meaning “mooing, lowing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of mugir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui mugit”.
What does mugissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mooing, lowing
- 2
roaring
verb
- 1
present participle of mugir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui mugit.
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 mugissant
- mugissante feminine
- mugissants masculine plural
- mugissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mugissant?
- /my.ʒi.sɑ̃/
- \my.ʒi.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mugissant in French?
mugissant appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).