sidérant
French, adjective/si.de.ʁɑ̃/
sidérant is spelled S-I-D-É-R-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sidérant is a French adjective meaning “baffling, flummoxing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of sidérer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause la sidération”.
What does sidérant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
baffling, flummoxing
verb
- 1
present participle of sidérer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause la sidération. 2. Extrêmement étonnant.
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 sidérant
- sidérante feminine
- sidérants masculine plural
- sidérantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sidérant?
- /si.de.ʁɑ̃/
- \si.de.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sidérant in French?
sidérant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).