précipitant
French, verb/pʁe.si.pi.tɑ̃/
précipitant is spelled P-R-É-C-I-P-I-T-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Précipitant is a French verb meaning “present participle of précipiter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does précipitant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of précipiter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui opère la précipitation.
noun: 1. Élément chimique qui opère la précipitation.
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 précipitant
- précipitants plural masculine
- précipitante singular feminine
- précipitantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce précipitant?
- /pʁe.si.pi.tɑ̃/
- \pʁe.si.pi.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is précipitant in French?
précipitant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).