oppressant
French, adjective/ɔ.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/
oppressant is spelled O-P-P-R-E-S-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oppressant is a French adjective meaning “oppressive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of oppresser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui oppresse”.
What does oppressant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
oppressive
verb
- 1
present participle of oppresser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui oppresse.
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 oppressant
- oppressante feminine
- oppressants masculine plural
- oppressantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oppressant?
- /ɔ.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/
- /ɔ.pʁe.sɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oppressant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oppressant in French?
oppressant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).