méfiant
French, adjective/me.fjɑ̃/
méfiant is a French adjective meaning “wary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of méfier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se méfie”.
What does méfiant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wary
verb
- 1
present participle of méfier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se méfie.
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 méfiant
- méfiante feminine
- méfiants masculine plural
- méfiantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méfiant?
- /me.fjɑ̃/
- \me.fjɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to méfiant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is méfiant in French?
méfiant appears 1.7 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).