ondoyant
French, adjective/ɔ̃.dwa.jɑ̃/
ondoyant is spelled O-N-D-O-Y-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ondoyant is a French adjective meaning “undulating, rippling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ondoyer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ondoie, qui a un mouvement par ondes”.
What does ondoyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
undulating, rippling
verb
- 1
present participle of ondoyer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ondoie, qui a un mouvement par ondes. 2. Sinueux. 3. Qui est mobile, changeant, incertain.
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 ondoyant
- ondoyante feminine
- ondoyants masculine plural
- ondoyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ondoyant?
- /ɔ̃.dwa.jɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ondoyant in French?
ondoyant appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).