savans

French

Alternative forms

• savants (standard modern French)

Noun

savans m

1. (archaic) plural of savant

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of sāvor.

Participle

sāvāns (genitive sāvantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. Alternative form of suāvans

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sāvāns			sāvantēs	sāvantia
Genitive	sāvantis			sāvantium
Dative	sāvantī			sāvantibus
Accusative	sāvantem	sāvāns		sāvantēs sāvantīs	sāvantia
Ablative	sāvante sāvantī1			sāvantibus
Vocative	sāvāns			sāvantēs	sāvantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.