récitant
French, noun\ʁe.si.tɑ̃\
récitant is spelled R-É-C-I-T-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Récitant is a French masculine noun meaning “narrator, reciter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of réciter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui récite, qui lit un texte”.
What does récitant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenarrator, reciter
verb
- 1
present participle of réciter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui récite, qui lit un texte. 2. Personne qui chante un récitatif. 3. Acteur qui récite ou lit le récit dans un spectacle.
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 récitant
- récitants plural
- récitante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce récitant?
- \ʁe.si.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is récitant in French?
récitant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).