puant
French, adjective/pɥɑ̃/
puant is spelled P-U-A-N-T (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puant is a French adjective meaning “smelly, stinking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of puer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui sent mauvais, qui a une mauvaise odeur”.
What does puant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smelly, stinking
verb
- 1
present participle of puer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui sent mauvais, qui a une mauvaise odeur. 2. Qui est d’une fatuité, d’une vanité insupportable.
noun: 1. Mammifère caniforme de l’ordre des carnivores réputé pour ses sécrétions de liquide malodorant en cas de menace. 2. Personne pour laquelle on éprouve une profonde aversion, du dégoût.
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 puant
- puante feminine
- puants masculine plural
- puantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puant?
- /pɥɑ̃/
- \pɥɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puant in French?
puant appears 1.1 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).