prétendant
French, noun/pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
prétendant is spelled P-R-É-T-E-N-D-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written French, the 10,846th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prétendant is a French masculine noun meaning “suitor, wooer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of prétendre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui prétend, qui aspire à une chose”.
What does prétendant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuitor, wooer
- 2
masculinecontender
- 3
masculineclaimant
verb
- 1
present participle of prétendre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui prétend, qui aspire à une chose. 2. Prince qui prétend à un trône. 3. Celui qui aspire à la main de quelqu’un.
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 prétendant
- prétendants plural
- prétendante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prétendant?
- /pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
- \pʁe.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prétendant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prétendant in French?
prétendant appears 5.2 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).