riant
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editriant (comparative more riant, superlative most riant)
- Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
- Of a place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French riant, from Middle French riant, from Old French riant.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editriant (comparative rianter, superlative riantst)
- (chiefly of buildings, valuable possessions and money) lavish, splendid, spacious, luxurious
- (sports) decisive, overwhelming, convincing
- (archaic) cheerful, riant
Inflection
editDeclension of riant | ||||
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uninflected | riant | |||
inflected | riante | |||
comparative | rianter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | riant | rianter | het riantst het riantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | riante | riantere | riantste |
n. sing. | riant | rianter | riantste | |
plural | riante | riantere | riantste | |
definite | riante | riantere | riantste | |
partitive | riants | rianters | — |
French
editPronunciation
editParticiple
editriant
Adjective
editriant (feminine riante, masculine plural riants, feminine plural riantes)
- laughing (in the process of laughing)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “riant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editPronunciation
editVerb
editriant
Adjective
editriant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular riant)
Declension
editWelsh
editNoun
editriant
- Soft mutation of rhiant.
Mutation
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