pesant

pesant

See also: pésant

English

Noun

pesant (plural pesants)

1. Obsolete form of peasant.

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Catalan

Etymology

From pesar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəˈzant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pəˈzan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /peˈzant/

Adjective

pesant (masculine and feminine plural pesants)

1. heavy (having great weight)

Verb

pesant

1. present participle of pesar

Further reading

• “pesant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pesant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “pesant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pesant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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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 pesante ― a heavy atmosphere

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• pesanteur

Noun

pesant m (uncountable)

1. Only used in valoir son pesant d'or

Further reading

• “pesant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pensât

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Friulian

Etymology

From pesâ.

Adjective

pesant

1. heavy

Synonyms

• grivi

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Old French

Verb

pesant

1. present participle of peser

Adjective

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

1. heavy
   • circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     c'est mes haubers,
     s'est ausi pesanz come fers.

     It's my chainmail
     It's as heavy as iron.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) pesont
• (Sutsilvan) pasànt
• (Surmiran) pasant

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