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performant
- /pəˈfɔːmənt/ UK
- /pɚˈfɔɹmənt/ US
Where it comes from
From perform + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, and adjectives from verbs with the senses of ‘doing (the action of the verb’)), possibly modelled after informant.
adjective more performant · most performant
- Of or relating to performance. A ballet visibly stresses the performant function even though, traditionally, it also claims to communicate some meaning. In sports, the performant function dominates more openly; but, in a symbiotic relation, it derives much of its vitality from a grafted referential function that operates through
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Performing well; Capable of or characterized by a high or excellent level of performance or efficiency.
The inhabitants commonly use pacing Naggs, singularly performant in travaille, and easily kept in good case.
Similar: effective, efficient, high-performance, high-performing, responsive, successful
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Characterized by a level of performance or efficiency that is adequate for or exceeds the expectations of end users.
The program ALGOLOG is highly performant: it generated 259 linear subproblems, instead of 2²³.
Similar: effective, efficient, high-performance, high-performing, responsive, successful
noun performants
- Someone who performs something, such as a ritual; a performer. As my heart bears me full witness with what unalloyed satisfaction I should have seen this last duty in your hands or in D. Giddy's, so I feel myself permitted to avow the pain, yea, the sense of shame, with which I contemplate Dr. Stock as the performant.
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adj capable of or characterized by a high or excellent level of performance or efficiency
| Français | performant |
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| Deutsch | performant |
| Română | performant |
adj of or relating to performance
| Deutsch | Performanz- |
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Talk about this word "performant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/performant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. performant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/performant "performant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/performant.Cite this
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title = {performant},
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