excitant
French, noun/ɛk.si.tɑ̃/
excitant is a French masculine noun meaning “excitant; stimulant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of exciter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Remède destiné à provoquer une excitation”.
What does excitant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
exciting (causing stimulation or excitement)
- 2
arousing
noun
- 1
masculineexcitant; stimulant
verb
- 1
present participle of exciter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est propre à exciter ; qui ranime les forces. 2. Qui éveille un sentiment vif ou passionné. 3. Qui provoque à l’excitation sexuelle.
noun: 1. Remède destiné à provoquer une excitation.
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 excitant
- excitante feminine
- excitants masculine plural
- excitantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excitant?
- /ɛk.si.tɑ̃/
- \ɛk.si.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excitant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excitant in French?
excitant appears 3.8 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).