troublant
French, adjective/tʁu.blɑ̃/
troublant is spelled T-R-O-U-B-L-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Troublant is a French adjective meaning “troubling, disturbing, unsettling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of troubler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui cause un trouble”.
What does troublant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
troubling, disturbing, unsettling
verb
- 1
present participle of troubler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui cause un trouble.
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 troublant
- troublante feminine
- troublants masculine plural
- troublantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce troublant?
- /tʁu.blɑ̃/
- \tʁu.blɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to troublant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is troublant in French?
troublant appears 2.6 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).