gisant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.zɑ̃/

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Participle

gisant

1. present participle of gésir

Adjective

gisant (feminine gisante, masculine plural gisants, feminine plural gisantes)

1. lying (in a horizontal position)

Noun

gisant m (plural gisants)

1. recumbent statue, tomb effigy (relief or statue on the top of a tomb depicting the deceased lying in death)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gitans
• signât