sémillant
French, adjective/se.mi.jɑ̃/
sémillant is spelled S-É-M-I-L-L-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sémillant is a French adjective meaning “vivacious, spry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of sémiller. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui montre une vivacité enjouée”.
What does sémillant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vivacious, spry
verb
- 1
present participle of sémiller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui montre une vivacité enjouée. 2. Qui est extrêmement vif.
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 sémillant
- sémillante feminine
- sémillants masculine plural
- sémillantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sémillant?
- /se.mi.jɑ̃/
- \se.mi.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sémillant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sémillant in French?
sémillant appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).