rasant

English

Etymology

French rasant

Adjective

rasant (not comparable)

1. (military, obsolete) sweeping; flanking

   rasant fire

Anagrams

• Arants, ratans, sartan, satRNA, satrna, tarans

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French

Verb

rasant

1. present participle of raser

Adjective

rasant (feminine rasante, masculine plural rasants, feminine plural rasantes)

1. shaving (lightly touching)
2. boring (annoying)

Further reading

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

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French rasant

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

rasant (comparative rasanter, superlative am rasantesten)

1. rapid

Further reading

• “rasant” in Duden online