riant
English
Adjective
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French riant, from Middle French riant, from Old French riant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riˈɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ri‧ant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Adjective
riant (comparative rianter, superlative riantst)
- (chiefly of buildings, valuable possessions and money) lavish, splendid, spacious, luxurious
- (sports) decisive, overwhelming, convincing
- (archaic) cheerful, riant
Inflection
| Inflection of riant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | riant | |||
| inflected | riante | |||
| comparative | rianter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | riant | rianter | het riantst het riantste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | riante | riantere | riantste |
| n. sing. | riant | rianter | riantste | |
| plural | riante | riantere | riantste | |
| definite | riante | riantere | riantste | |
| partitive | riants | rianters | — | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.jɑ̃/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -jɑ̃
Adjective
riant (feminine riante, masculine plural riants, feminine plural riantes)
- laughing (in the process of laughing)
See also
Further reading
- “riant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riˈant/
Adjective
riant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular riant)
Declension
Declension of riant
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | rianz | riant | riant |
| Oblique | riant | riant | riant | |
| Plural | Subject | riant | rianz | riant |
| Oblique | rianz | rianz | riant |
Welsh
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