pleurant
French, adjective/plœ.ʁɑ̃/
pleurant is spelled P-L-E-U-R-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pleurant is a French adjective meaning “weeping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of pleurer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui pleure, pleureur”.
What does pleurant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
weeping
verb
- 1
present participle of pleurer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui pleure, pleureur.
noun: 1. Figure de personnage dans une attitude de désolation, adjointe à un tombeau monumental, soit en grande dimension (pour soutenir la dalle funéraire), soit en figurine dans les niches du soubassement du monument.
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 pleurant
- pleurante feminine
- pleurants masculine plural
- pleurantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pleurant?
- /plœ.ʁɑ̃/
- \plœ.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pleurant in French?
pleurant appears 2.3 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).