aimant

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.mɑ̃/, /e.mɑ̃/

From aim(er) (“to love”) +‎ -ant.

aimant (feminine aimante, masculine plural aimants, feminine plural aimantes)

1. loving, affectionate

   Un mari aimant. ― A loving husband.

aimant

1. present participle of aimer
2. (preceded by en) gerund of aimer

From Vulgar Latin *adimantis, a form of *adimas, from Latin adamās (“hard iron”). See also diamant.

aimant m (plural aimants)

1. magnet

• → Portuguese: ímã, íman
• → Spanish: imán

• “aimant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• animât, maniât

aimant

1. present participle of aimer

From Vulgar Latin *adimantis, a form of *adimas, from Latin adamās (“hard iron”).

aimant m (plural aimants)

1. (Jersey) magnet

aimant ? (oblique plural aimanz or aimantz, nominative singular aimant, nominative plural aimanz or aimantz)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of adamant

adamant in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022