souriant
French, adjective/su.ʁjɑ̃/
souriant is spelled S-O-U-R-I-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Souriant is a French adjective meaning “smiling (tending to smile a lot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of sourire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui sourit”.
What does souriant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smiling (tending to smile a lot)
verb
- 1
present participle of sourire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui sourit.
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 souriant
- souriante feminine
- souriants masculine plural
- souriantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce souriant?
- /su.ʁjɑ̃/
- \su.ʁjɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to souriant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is souriant in French?
souriant appears 6.3 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).