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époustouflant

French, adjective/e.pus.tu.flɑ̃/

époustouflant is a French adjective meaning “breathtaking, amazing, surprising, stupefying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of époustoufler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sidérant”.

What does époustouflant mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    breathtaking, amazing, surprising, stupefying

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of époustoufler

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Sidérant.

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 époustouflant

  • époustouflante feminine
  • époustouflants masculine plural
  • époustouflantes feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce époustouflant?

  • /e.pus.tu.flɑ̃/
  • \e.pus.tu.flɑ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to époustouflant

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is époustouflant in French?

époustouflant appears 1.0 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).