ont
French, verb/ɔ̃/
ont is spelled O-N-T (3 letters) and appears 1,905 times per million words in written French, the 64th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ont is a French verb meaning “third-person plural present indicative of avoir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ont mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative of avoir
Les cruels enfants ont tué l'oiseau.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Terminaison verbale indiquant la 3ᵉ personne du pluriel aux présents indicatif et subjonctif.
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.
How do you pronounce ont?
- /ɔ̃/
- /ɔ̃.t‿/
- \ɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ont in French?
ont appears 1,905 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).