vaillant
French, adjective/va.jɑ̃/
vaillant is spelled V-A-I-L-L-A-N-T (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 16,088th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vaillant is a French adjective meaning “valiant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de la vaillance, qui est courageux”.
What does vaillant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obsoletevaluable, which has legal tender
ne pas avoir un sou vaillant
- 2
valiant
à cœur vaillant rien d'impossible
- 3
Quebechardworking
- 4
nice
- 5
healthy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de la vaillance, qui est courageux. 2. Qui travaille fort. 3. Sympathique, gentil
noun: 1. Homme de belle apparence, plein d'énergie et d'allant.
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 vaillant
- vaillante feminine
- vaillants masculine plural
- vaillantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vaillant?
- /va.jɑ̃/
- \va.jɑ̃\
- [va.jɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vaillant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vaillant in French?
vaillant appears 3.0 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).