tombant

tombant

Catalan

Etymology

From tombar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /tomˈbant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /tumˈban/

Noun

tombant m (plural tombants)

1. turn, bend (in a path)
2. (figurative) shift, change

   Synonym: (general) canvi

3. turn; the change from one period of time to another

   tombant de segle ― turn of the century

Verb

tombant

1. present participle of tombar

Further reading

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

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French

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Adjective

tombant (feminine tombante, masculine plural tombants, feminine plural tombantes)

1. falling

Participle

tombant

1. present participle of tomber

Further reading

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