usant
French, adjective/y.zɑ̃/
usant is spelled U-S-A-N-T (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Usant is a French adjective meaning “tiring, tiresome, exhausting, taxing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of user. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui use physiquement ou moralement une personne, fatigant, crevant”.
What does usant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informaltiring, tiresome, exhausting, taxing
verb
- 1
present participle of user
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui use physiquement ou moralement une personne, fatigant, crevant. 2. Qui n'est sous l'autorité de personne, qui est hors de tutelle, qui use et jouit de ses droits.
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 usant
- usante feminine
- usants masculine plural
- usantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce usant?
- /y.zɑ̃/
- \y.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to usant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is usant in French?
usant appears 2.1 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).