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.

Derived terms

• riantly

Anagrams

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

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

Declension

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	—

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.jɑ̃/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

Participle

riant

1. present participle of rire

Adjective

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

1. laughing (in the process of laughing)

See also

• souriant

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• train

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

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	riants	riant	riant
	oblique	riant			riant	riant
plural	subject	riant	rianzs		riant
	oblique	riants			rianzs	riant

Welsh

Noun

riant

1. soft mutation of rhiant

Mutation

Mutated forms of rhiant

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhiant	riant	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.