polarisant
French, adjective/pɔ.la.ʁi.zɑ̃/
polarisant is spelled P-O-L-A-R-I-S-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polarisant is a French adjective meaning “polarizing, divisive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of polariser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une substance : qui donne à la lumière un certain degré de polarisation”.
What does polarisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
polarizing, divisive
verb
- 1
present participle of polariser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D’une substance : qui donne à la lumière un certain degré de polarisation. 2. D’un appareil optique : qui utilise une lumière polarisée. 3. Qui renvoie les gens vers des interprétations totalement opposées, parfois extrêmes.
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 polarisant
- polarisante feminine
- polarisants masculine plural
- polarisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polarisant?
- /pɔ.la.ʁi.zɑ̃/
- \pɔ.la.ʁi.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polarisant in French?
polarisant appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).