urticant
French, adjective/yʁ.ti.kɑ̃/
urticant is spelled U-R-T-I-C-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urticant is a French adjective meaning “urticant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dont le contact produit une irritation douloureuse analogue à celle des piqûres d’ortie”.
What does urticant mean in English?
adjective
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urticant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont le contact produit une irritation douloureuse analogue à celle des piqûres d’ortie.
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 urticant
- urticante feminine
- urticants masculine plural
- urticantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urticant?
- /yʁ.ti.kɑ̃/
- \yʁ.ti.kɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is urticant in French?
urticant appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).