florissant

See also: Florissant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French florissant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfloː.riˈsɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: flo‧ris‧sant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

florissant (not comparable)

1. (chiefly with negative polarity) fantastic, great, thriving, flourishing

   De studieresultaten van de eerstejaars waren niet zo florissant.

   The educational achievements of the first-year students were nothing to write home about.

Inflection

Inflection of florissant
uninflected	florissant
inflected	florissante
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		florissant
indefinite	m./f. sing.	florissante
	n. sing.	florissant
	plural	florissante
definite		florissante
partitive		florissants

Related terms

• floreren

French

Etymology

Ultimately derived from a participial form of French fleurir via French florir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɔ.ʁi.sɑ̃/

Adjective

florissant (feminine florissante, masculine plural florissants, feminine plural florissantes)

1. flowering, blooming, flourishing

Participle

florissant

1. present participle of florir

Further reading

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