suffocant
French, adjective/sy.fɔ.kɑ̃/
suffocant is spelled S-U-F-F-O-C-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suffocant is a French adjective meaning “suffocating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui suffoque ; qui provoque la suffocation ; qui gêne ou fait perdre la respiration”.
What does suffocant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
suffocating
- 2
sultry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui suffoque ; qui provoque la suffocation ; qui gêne ou fait perdre la respiration.
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 suffocant
- suffocante feminine
- suffocants masculine plural
- suffocantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suffocant?
- /sy.fɔ.kɑ̃/
- \sy.fɔ.kɑ̃\
- [sy.fɔ.kɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is suffocant in French?
suffocant 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).