riant

English

Etymology

From French riant.

Adjective

riant (comparative more riant, superlative most riant)

1. Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
2. Of a place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.

Anagrams

• Artin, Tarin, Tiran, Train, Trina, atrin, intra-, tairn, tarin, train

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French riant, from Middle French riant, from Old French riant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: ri‧ant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

riant (comparative rianter, superlative riantst)

1. (chiefly of buildings, valuable possessions and money) lavish, splendid, spacious, luxurious
2. (sports) decisive, overwhelming, convincing
3. (archaic) cheerful, riant

Inflection

Declension 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	—

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.jɑ̃/

• audio:

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• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

Participle

riant

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

Adjective

riant (feminine riante, masculine plural riants, feminine plural riantes)

1. laughing (in the process of laughing)

See also

• souriant

Anagrams

• train

Further reading

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

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈant/

Verb

riant

1. present participle of rire

Adjective

riant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular riant)

1. laughing
2. (by extension) joyous; happy

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

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Welsh

Noun

riant

1. Soft mutation of rhiant.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhiant	riant	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.