agissant
French, adjective/a.ʒi.sɑ̃/
agissant is a French adjective meaning “agitated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of agir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui agit, qui se donne beaucoup de mouvement”.
What does agissant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
agitated
- 2
active
verb
- 1
present participle of agir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui agit, qui se donne beaucoup de mouvement. 2. Qui agit, qui opère avec force, avec efficacité.
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 agissant
- agissante feminine
- agissants masculine plural
- agissantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agissant?
- /a.ʒi.sɑ̃/
- \a.ʒi.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is agissant in French?
agissant appears 9.3 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).