perforant
French, adjective/pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɑ̃/
perforant is spelled P-E-R-F-O-R-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perforant is a French adjective meaning “perforating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of perforer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est propre à perforer, à percer, à pénétrer les corps”.
What does perforant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
perforating
- 2
perforant
verb
- 1
present participle of perforer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est propre à perforer, à percer, à pénétrer les corps. 2. Qui passe à travers un autre organe. 3. Qualifie les artères qui traversent certains muscles. 4. Qualifie les muscles dont les tendons passent à travers ceux d’autres muscles.
noun: 1. Un muscle dont le tendon perfore celui d’un autre muscle.
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 perforant
- perforante feminine
- perforants masculine plural
- perforantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perforant?
- /pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɑ̃/
- \pɛʁ.fɔ.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is perforant in French?
perforant appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).