résistant
French, noun/ʁe.zis.tɑ̃/
résistant is spelled R-É-S-I-S-T-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Résistant is a French masculine noun meaning “resistant (member of a resistance movement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of résister. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne appartenant à un mouvement de résistance”.
What does résistant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineresistant (member of a resistance movement)
adjective
- 1
resistant
verb
- 1
present participle of résister
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui oppose de la résistance ; qui est solide. 2. D'une santé solide, qui résiste aux maladies, aux infections. 3. Qui est doté d'une résistance électrique.
noun: 1. Personne appartenant à un mouvement de résistance.
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 résistant
- résistants plural
- résistante feminine
- résistantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce résistant?
- /ʁe.zis.tɑ̃/
- \ʁe.zis.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 résistant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is résistant in French?
résistant appears 7.2 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).