pesant

See also: pésant

English

Noun

pesant (plural pesants)

  1. Obsolete form of peasant.

Catalan

Etymology

From pesar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pesant (masculine and feminine plural pesants)

  1. heavy (having great weight)

Verb

pesant

  1. present participle of pesar

Further reading


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə.zɑ̃/
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Participle

pesant

  1. present participle of peser

Adjective

pesant (feminine pesante, masculine plural pesants, feminine plural pesantes)

  1. (often figuratively) heavy
    Synonyms: lourd, pondéreux, pénible
    une atmosphère pesantea heavy atmosphere

Usage notes

  • In common use in Quebec, but is considered literary elsewhere.

Derived terms

Noun

pesant m (uncountable)

  1. Only used in valoir son pesant d'or

Further reading

Anagrams


Friulian

Etymology

From pesâ.

Adjective

pesant

  1. heavy

Synonyms


Old French

Verb

pesant

  1. present participle of peser

Adjective

pesant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pesant or pesante)

  1. heavy

Romansch

Alternative forms

Adjective

pesant m (feminine singular pesanta, masculine plural pesants, feminine plural pesantas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) heavy

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) grev
  • (Sutsilvan) greav
  • (Puter, Vallader) greiv
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