opérant
French, adjective/ɔ.pe.ʁɑ̃/
opérant is spelled O-P-É-R-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opérant is a French adjective meaning “operant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of opérer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est propre à opérer, qui produit ou peut produire des effets”.
What does opérant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
operant
verb
- 1
present participle of opérer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est propre à opérer, qui produit ou peut produire des effets.
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 opérant
- opérante feminine
- opérants masculine plural
- opérantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opérant?
- /ɔ.pe.ʁɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is opérant in French?
opérant appears 2.5 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).