riant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French riant.

Adjective

riant (comparative more riant, superlative most riant)

1. When said of a person or a person's manner: mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
2. When said of place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.

Anagrams

• Tarin, Train, Trina, atrin, intra-, tairn, tarin, train

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.jɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

Verb

riant

1. present participle of rire
2. (preceded by en) gerund of rire

Adjective

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

1. laughing (in the process of laughing)

See also

• souriant

Anagrams

• train

Further reading

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

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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

Declension of riant

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	rianz	riant	riant
	Oblique	riant	riant	riant
Plural	Subject	riant	rianz	riant
	Oblique	rianz	rianz	riant

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Welsh

Noun

riant

1. Soft mutation of rhiant.