brisant

English

Adjective

brisant (not comparable)

  1. Having a shattering effect (said of explosives).

Anagrams


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French brisant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /briˈzɑnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bri‧sant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

brisant (comparative brisanter, superlative brisantst)

  1. fast, snappy, explosive

Inflection

Inflection of brisant
uninflected brisant
inflected brisante
comparative brisanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial brisantbrisanterhet brisantst
het brisantste
indefinite m./f. sing. brisantebrisanterebrisantste
n. sing. brisantbrisanterbrisantste
plural brisantebrisanterebrisantste
definite brisantebrisanterebrisantste
partitive brisantsbrisanters

Derived terms

  • brisantbom
  • brisantgranaat

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁi.zɑ̃/

Verb

brisant

  1. present participle of briser

Descendants

Noun

brisant m (plural brisants)

  1. reef
  2. breaker (wave)

Further reading


German

Etymology

From French brisant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʀiˈzant/
  • Rhymes: -ant
  • (file)

Adjective

brisant (comparative brisanter, superlative am brisantesten)

  1. controversial
  2. volatile
  3. (figuratively) explosive

Declension

Further reading

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