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assimilant

French, verb\a.si.mi.lɑ̃\

assimilant is a French verb meaning “present participle of assimiler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does assimilant mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of assimiler

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui assimile, incorpore.

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 assimilant

  • assimilants plural masculine
  • assimilante singular feminine
  • assimilantes plural feminine

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

How do you pronounce assimilant?

  • \a.si.mi.lɑ̃\

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

How common is assimilant in French?

assimilant appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).