patoisant
French, noun/pa.twa.zɑ̃/
patoisant is spelled P-A-T-O-I-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written French, the 242,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patoisant is a French masculine noun meaning “a speaker of patois” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of patoiser (“to speak in patois”). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui cultive ou emploie le patois”.
What does patoisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
patois
- 2
speaking in a patois
noun
- 1
masculinea speaker of patois
verb
- 1
present participle of patoiser (“to speak in patois”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cultive ou emploie le patois. 2. Qui considère certaines variétés langagières déterminées comme des patois, qui ne leur accorde pas le statut de langue.
noun: 1. Celui qui cultive ou emploie le patois.
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 patoisant
- patoisante feminine
- patoisants masculine plural
- patoisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patoisant?
- /pa.twa.zɑ̃/
- \pa.twa.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patoisant in French?
patoisant appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).