passionnant
French, adjective/pa.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
passionnant is spelled P-A-S-S-I-O-N-N-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passionnant is a French adjective meaning “evoking passion or enthusiasm; fascinating, enthralling, highly interesting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of passionner. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui passionne, qui est propre à passionner”.
What does passionnant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
evoking passion or enthusiasm; fascinating, enthralling, highly interesting
verb
- 1
present participle of passionner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui passionne, qui est propre à passionner.
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 passionnant
- passionnante feminine
- passionnants masculine plural
- passionnantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passionnant?
- /pa.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
- \pa.sjo.nɑ̃\
- \pa.sjɔ.nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to passionnant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passionnant in French?
passionnant appears 5.5 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).