attenant
French, adjective/at.nɑ̃/
attenant is a French adjective meaning “adjacent (à to)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of attenir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tient à … , en parlant des pièces d’un appartement, des maisons ou des parcelles d’un terrain”.
What does attenant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
adjacent (à to)
verb
- 1
present participle of attenir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tient à … , en parlant des pièces d’un appartement, des maisons ou des parcelles d’un terrain.
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 attenant
- attenante feminine
- attenants masculine plural
- attenantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attenant?
- /at.nɑ̃/
- \at(.ə).nɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to attenant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is attenant in French?
attenant 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).