ravissant
French, adjective/ʁa.vi.sɑ̃/
ravissant is spelled R-A-V-I-S-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ravissant is a French adjective meaning “ravishing, delightful, entrancing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ravir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui transporte d’admiration”.
What does ravissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ravishing, delightful, entrancing
- 2
pretty, beautiful
verb
- 1
present participle of ravir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui transporte d’admiration.
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 ravissant
- ravissante feminine
- ravissants masculine plural
- ravissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ravissant?
- /ʁa.vi.sɑ̃/
- \ʁa.vi.sɑ̃\
- [ʁa.vi.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 ravissant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ravissant in French?
ravissant appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).