réconfortant
French, adjective/ʁe.kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɑ̃/
réconfortant is a French adjective meaning “comforting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of réconforter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui réconforte ou qui est propre à réconforter”.
What does réconfortant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
comforting
verb
- 1
present participle of réconforter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui réconforte ou qui est propre à réconforter.
noun: 1. Breuvage, médicament ou toute autre chose qui réconforte.
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 réconfortant
- réconfortante feminine
- réconfortants masculine plural
- réconfortantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réconfortant?
- /ʁe.kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɑ̃/
- \ʁe.kɔ̃.fɔʁ.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to réconfortant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is réconfortant in French?
réconfortant appears 1.0 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).