criant
French
Etymology
From crier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁi.jɑ̃/
Adjective
criant (feminine singular criante, masculine plural criants, feminine plural criantes)
- shouting
- La horde criante des supporters.
- The shouting horde of supporters.
- so shocking as to cause outcries; scandalous, outrageous
- une injustice criante
- an outrageous injustice
- blatant, flagrant
- une erreur criante
- a blatant error
Verb
criant
- present participle of crier
- un papier peint criant de mauvais goût
- a painted paper screaming of bad taste
Further reading
- “criant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
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