restant
French, noun/ʁɛs.tɑ̃/
restant is spelled R-E-S-T-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Restant is a French masculine noun meaning “remainder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of rester. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui reste d’une plus grande somme, d’une plus grande quantité”.
What does restant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
remaining, left over
noun
- 1
masculineremainder
verb
- 1
present participle of rester
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui reste.
noun: 1. Ce qui reste d’une plus grande somme, d’une plus grande quantité.
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 restant
- restante feminine
- restants masculine plural
- restantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce restant?
- /ʁɛs.tɑ̃/
- \ʁɛs.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 restant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is restant in French?
restant appears 18 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).