sanglant
French, adjective/sɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃/
sanglant is spelled S-A-N-G-L-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanglant is a French adjective meaning “bloody (covered in blood), gory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of sangler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est taché de sang, souillé de sang”.
What does sanglant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bloody (covered in blood), gory
- 2
fierce, extremely violent
- 3
blood-red
verb
- 1
present participle of sangler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est taché de sang, souillé de sang. 2. Où il y a beaucoup de sang répandu ; qui cause beaucoup de morts et de blessés. 3. Qui a la couleur du sang ; sanguin. 4. Qui est outrageux, profondément blessant.
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 sanglant
- sanglante feminine
- sanglants masculine plural
- sanglantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sanglant?
- /sɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃/
- \sɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sanglant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sanglant in French?
sanglant appears 2.4 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).