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

Declension of saillant
uninflected	saillant
inflected	saillante
comparative	saillanter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		saillant	saillanter	het saillantst het saillantste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	saillante	saillantere	saillantste
	n. sing.	saillant	saillanter	saillantste
	plural	saillante	saillantere	saillantste
definite		saillante	saillantere	saillantste
partitive		saillants	saillanters	—

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. non-reflex, measuring 180 degrees or less (angle)

Participle

saillant

1. present participle of saillir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• installa