traçant
French, adjective\tʁa.sɑ̃\
traçant is spelled T-R-A-Ç-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traçant is a French adjective meaning “that leaves a trace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of tracer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui trace”.
What does traçant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
that leaves a trace
- 2
creeping, growing horizontally near the soil surface
une racine traçante
verb
- 1
present participle of tracer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui trace. 2. Qualifie la ou les racine(s) d’arbre ou de plante qui s’étendent horizontalement, par opposition à pivotant.
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 traçant
- traçante feminine
- traçants masculine plural
- traçantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce traçant?
- \tʁa.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is traçant in French?
traçant 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).