postdoctorant
French, noun/pɔst.dɔk.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/
postdoctorant is spelled P-O-S-T-D-O-C-T-O-R-A-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Postdoctorant is a French masculine noun meaning “postdoctoral student” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chercheur titulaire d’une thèse de doctorat en contrat à durée déterminée dans un laboratoire de recherche”.
What does postdoctorant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepostdoctoral student
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chercheur titulaire d’une thèse de doctorat en contrat à durée déterminée dans un laboratoire de recherche.
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 postdoctorant
- postdoctorants plural
- postdoctorante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postdoctorant?
- /pɔst.dɔk.tɔ.ʁɑ̃/
- \pɔst.dɔk.tɔ.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is postdoctorant in French?
postdoctorant appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).