saillant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French saillant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saːˈjɑnt/
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  • Hyphenation: sail‧lant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

saillant (comparative saillanter, superlative saillantst)

  1. salient

Inflection
Inflection of saillant
uninflected saillant
inflected saillante
comparative saillanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial saillantsaillanterhet saillantst
het saillantste
indefinite m./f. sing. saillantesaillanteresaillantste
n. sing. saillantsaillantersaillantste
plural saillantesaillanteresaillantste
definite saillantesaillanteresaillantste
partitive saillantssaillanters—

Derived terms
  • saillantheid
  • saillantie

Noun

saillant m or n (plural saillanten)

  1. (military) A salient.
    De Ieperboog was de bekendste saillant aan het westfront.
    The Ypres Salient was the most famous salient at the western front.

French

Etymology

Present participle of saillir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.jɑ̃/
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Adjective

saillant (feminine saillante, masculine plural saillants, feminine plural saillantes)

  1. salient (prominent)
  2. acute (angle)

Participle

saillant

  1. present participle of saillir

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