récent
French, adjective/ʁe.sɑ̃/
récent is spelled R-É-C-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Récent is a French adjective meaning “recent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui s’est produit il y a peu de temps”.
What does récent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
recent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s’est produit il y a peu de temps. 2. Qui existe depuis peu.
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 récent
- récente feminine
- récents masculine plural
- récentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce récent?
- /ʁe.sɑ̃/
- \ʁe.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 récent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is récent in French?
récent appears 16 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).