sentant
French, adjective/sɑ̃.tɑ̃/
sentant is spelled S-E-N-T-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentant is a French adjective meaning “sentient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of sentir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a la faculté de sentir”.
What does sentant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sentient
verb
- 1
present participle of sentir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a la faculté de sentir.
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 sentant
- sentante feminine
- sentants masculine plural
- sentantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentant?
- /sɑ̃.tɑ̃/
- \sɑ̃.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sentant in French?
sentant appears 3.0 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).