pesant
See also: pésant
English edit
Noun edit
pesant (plural pesants)
- Obsolete form of peasant.
- 1765 [1764], Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter IV, in The Castle of Otranto, […], Dublin: […] J. Hoey, […], →OCLC, page 99:
- [M]y honoured Lord, ſaid Iſabella, who reſented Theodore’s warmth, which ſhe perceived was dictated by his ſentiments for Matilda, diſcompose not yourſelf for the gloſing of a of a peſant’s ſon: He forgets the reverence he owes you; but he is not accuſtomed⸺[…]
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From pesar.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pesant m or f (masculine and feminine plural pesants)
- heavy (having great weight)
Verb edit
pesant
Further reading edit
- “pesant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pesant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
pesant
Adjective edit
pesant (feminine pesante, masculine plural pesants, feminine plural pesantes)
- (often figuratively) heavy
Usage notes edit
- In common use in Quebec, but is considered literary elsewhere.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
pesant m (uncountable)
- Only used in valoir son pesant d’or
Further reading edit
- “pesant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From pesâ.
Adjective edit
pesant
Synonyms edit
Old French edit
Verb edit
pesant
Adjective edit
pesant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pesant or pesante)
- heavy
- c. 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.
- It's my chainmail
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
pesant m (feminine singular pesanta, masculine plural pesants, feminine plural pesantas)