vivant
French, noun/vi.vɑ̃/
vivant is spelled V-I-V-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written French, the 1,660th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vivant is a French masculine noun meaning “living person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of vivre. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Période de la vie”.
What does vivant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alive
Je croyais qu'il était mort, mais il est encore vivant.
- 2
living
une langue vivante
noun
- 1
masculineliving person
un bon vivant
- 2
masculinelifetime
du vivant de
- 3
masculineall living things
le domaine du vivant
verb
- 1
present participle of vivre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est doué de vie, qui est organisé de façon à vivre. 2. Qui est en vie, qui n’est pas encore mort. 3. Qui demeure, subsiste. 4. Qui dérive d’une personne en vie.
noun: 1. Période de la vie. 2. Ensemble des organismes doués de vie.
noun: 1. Personne qui est en vie.
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 vivant
- vivante feminine
- vivants masculine plural
- vivantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vivant?
- /vi.vɑ̃/
- \vi.vɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vivant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vivant in French?
vivant appears 50 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).