pénétrant
French, adjective/pe.ne.tʁɑ̃/
pénétrant is spelled P-É-N-É-T-R-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pénétrant is a French adjective meaning “penetrant, penetrating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of pénétrer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui pénètre”.
What does pénétrant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
penetrant, penetrating
verb
- 1
present participle of pénétrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui pénètre. 2. Qualifie une plaie qui pénètre dans une cavité du corps, dans la poitrine, dans le ventre. 3. Qualifie une intelligence vive, qui approfondit promptement les choses difficiles. 4. Qualifie un regard qui peut lire, deviner, apercevoir ce que les personnes qu’il regarde ont dans l’esprit ou dans le cœur.
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 pénétrant
- pénétrante feminine
- pénétrants masculine plural
- pénétrantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pénétrant?
- /pe.ne.tʁɑ̃/
- \pe.ne.tʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pénétrant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pénétrant in French?
pénétrant appears 1.1 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).