saillant
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French saillant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saillant (comparative saillanter, superlative saillantst)
Declension
| Declension of saillant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | saillant | |||
| inflected | saillante | |||
| comparative | saillanter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | saillant | saillanter | het saillantst het saillantste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | saillante | saillantere | saillantste |
| n. sing. | saillant | saillanter | saillantste | |
| plural | saillante | saillantere | saillantste | |
| definite | saillante | saillantere | saillantste | |
| partitive | saillants | saillanters | — | |
Derived terms
Noun
saillant m or n (plural saillanten)
- (military) a salient
- De Ieperboog was de bekendste saillant aan het westfront.
- The Ypres Salient was the most famous salient at the western front.
French
Etymology
Present participle of saillir.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saillant (feminine saillante, masculine plural saillants, feminine plural saillantes)
Participle
saillant
Further reading
- “saillant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.