voltigeant
French, adjective/vɔl.ti.ʒɑ̃/
voltigeant is spelled V-O-L-T-I-G-E-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voltigeant is a French adjective meaning “fluttering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of voltiger. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui voltige”.
What does voltigeant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fluttering
verb
- 1
present participle of voltiger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui voltige.
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 voltigeant
- voltigeante feminine
- voltigeants masculine plural
- voltigeantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce voltigeant?
- /vɔl.ti.ʒɑ̃/
- \vɔl.ti.ʒɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is voltigeant in French?
voltigeant appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).