attendant
French, verb/a.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
attendant is a French verb meaning “present participle of attendre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does attendant mean in English?
verb
- 1
present participle of attendre
En attendant Patrick, j'ai croisé David.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui attend. 2. Qualifie la cadence imparfaite, qui se fait en montant d'une quinte et qui semble attendre une réponse.
noun: 1. Sectaire qui soutient qu'il n'y a dans le monde aucune Église véritable, et qu'il faut attendre que la véritable vienne. 2. Celui qui attend.
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 attendant
- attendants plural masculine
- attendante singular feminine
- attendantes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce attendant?
- /a.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
- \a.tɑ̃.dɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is attendant in French?
attendant appears 46 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).