Grammatical class

Adjective

choquant

shocking (surprising)

Details

Syllables

cho-quant

Phonetics

ʃo.kɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

52409

Freq. (movies)

37097

Freq. (news)

9724

Sentences

C'est choquant.

This is shocking.

A1

C'était choquant.

It was shocking.

A1

C'est assez choquant.

This is quite shocking.

A1

C'est choquant, n'est-ce pas ?

It's shocking, isn't it?

A1

C'était plutôt choquant.

It was pretty shocking.

A2

J'avais un ami qui m'a dit ça, ou quelque chose de similaire, une fois. C'était choquant.

I had a friend who once told me that, or something similar. It was shocking.

A2

Dans mon pays règne un niveau choquant d'ignorance en mathématiques.

In my country there is a shocking amount of mathematical ignorance.

B2