cuisant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɥi.zɑ̃/

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Participle

cuisant

1. present participle of cuire

Adjective

cuisant (feminine cuisante, masculine plural cuisants, feminine plural cuisantes)

1. (pain) stinging, burning
2. (figuratively) crushing, bitter

   un échec cuisant ― a crushing defeat, a bitter failure

Further reading

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