pressant
French, adjective/pʁɛ.sɑ̃/
pressant is spelled P-R-E-S-S-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,592nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pressant is a French adjective meaning “pressing, urgent, insistent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of presser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui presse, qui pousse vivement, qui sollicite avec insistance”.
What does pressant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pressing, urgent, insistent
- 2
squeezing
verb
- 1
present participle of presser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui presse, qui pousse vivement, qui sollicite avec insistance. 2. Qui est urgent, qui ne permet pas de différer.
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 pressant
- pressante feminine
- pressants masculine plural
- pressantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pressant?
- /pʁɛ.sɑ̃/
- /pʁe.sɑ̃/
- \pʁɛ.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pressant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pressant in French?
pressant appears 1.4 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).