seyant
French, adjective/sɛ.jɑ̃/
seyant is spelled S-E-Y-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seyant is a French adjective meaning “becoming, fetching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui sied, qui convient, qui va bien”.
What does seyant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
becoming, fetching
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui sied, qui convient, qui va bien.
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 seyant
- seyante feminine
- seyants masculine plural
- seyantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce seyant?
- /sɛ.jɑ̃/
- /se.jɑ̃/
- \sɛ.jɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is seyant in French?
seyant appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).