devant

de +‎ avant

• IPA^(key): /də.vɑ̃/

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devant

1. confronted with, faced with
2. in front of, before
3. outside

• devancer

devant m (plural devants)

1. front

devant

1. present participle of devoir

• “devant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• devãt (some manuscripts)

devant

1. in front of; before
2. before (with respect to time)
   • 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 23:

     devant que tu partes perdras le poing en lieu de mon escu

     before you leave you will lose your hand for my shield [which you lost]

devant

1. in front of
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et devant aus un nain boçu