payant

French

Etymology

From payer (“to pay”) +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.jɑ̃/ ~ /pe.jɑ̃/

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• Homophone: payants
• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

Adjective

payant (feminine payante, masculine plural payants, feminine plural payantes)

1. paying, which pays
2. not free, not free of charge, nonfree, that costs money, that charges money, paid (as in paid service)

   Antonym: gratuit

3. fruitful, that pays off

Participle

payant

1. present participle of payer

Further reading

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