ouvrant
French, adjective/u.vʁɑ̃/
ouvrant is spelled O-U-V-R-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouvrant is a French adjective meaning “opening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ouvrir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une ouverture qui peut s’ouvrir”.
What does ouvrant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
opening
parenthèse ouvrante
verb
- 1
present participle of ouvrir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie une ouverture qui peut s’ouvrir. 2. Qui ouvre.
noun: 1. Châssis mobile d'une fenêtre, par opposition au dormant.
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 ouvrant
- ouvrante feminine
- ouvrants masculine plural
- ouvrantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouvrant?
- /u.vʁɑ̃/
- \u.vʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ouvrant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ouvrant in French?
ouvrant appears 8.7 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).