sciant
French, adjective/sjɑ̃/
sciant is spelled S-C-I-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written French, the 152,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sciant is a French adjective meaning “boring; dull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of scier. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui scie, qui ennuie”.
What does sciant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialboring; dull
verb
- 1
present participle of scier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui scie, qui ennuie.
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 sciant
- sciante feminine
- sciants masculine plural
- sciantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sciant?
- /sjɑ̃/
- \sjɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sciant in French?
sciant appears about once in every 22 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).