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French
Pronunciation
Participle
étincelant
- present participle of étinceler
Adjective
étincelant (feminine étincelante, masculine plural étincelants, feminine plural étincelantes)
- sparkling
- scintillating
1845, Alexandre Dumas, Une fille du régent:Nantes, entre Gaston et ses amis ; mais bien des raisons poussaient le jeune homme à intervertir cet ordre : d’abord la gelée, qui avait fait la route étincelante comme un miroir, obstacle insurmontable, et que Gaston eût regardé comme tel quand bien même il eût pu le surmonter, car il avait besoin, on se le rappelle, de ne pas aller trop vite.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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