Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piˈkɑnt/
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Adjective edit

pikant (comparative pikanter, superlative pikantst)

  1. hot, spicy, piquant
  2. piquant, savory

Inflection edit

Inflection of pikant
uninflected pikant
inflected pikante
comparative pikanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial pikant pikanter het pikantst
het pikantste
indefinite m./f. sing. pikante pikantere pikantste
n. sing. pikant pikanter pikantste
plural pikante pikantere pikantste
definite pikante pikantere pikantste
partitive pikants pikanters

Synonyms edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From French piquant.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

pikant (strong nominative masculine singular pikanter, comparative pikanter, superlative am pikantesten)

  1. piquant

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • pikant” in Duden online
  • pikant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From French piquant.

Adjective edit

pikant (neuter singular pikant, definite singular and plural pikante)

  1. piquant

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From French piquant.

Adjective edit

pikant (masculine and feminine pikant, neuter pikant, definite singular and plural pikante, comparative pikantare, indefinite superlative pikantast, definite superlative pikantaste)

  1. piquant

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French piquant.

Adjective edit

pikant (comparative pikantare, superlative pikantast)

  1. piquant (of taste, or titillating more generally, especially in a (somewhat) scandalous way)
    • 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person]:
      ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Person satt en morgon vid frukostbordet och läste i morgonbladet att det senaste lustmordet bjöd på en mängd pikanta detaljer. Mördaren hade använt vissa attiraljer. Dessa nämndes i bladet, och det var ju bra det.
      Personal Person sat one morning at the breakfast table and read in the morning paper that the latest lust murder offered a range of piquant details. The killer had used certain paraphernalia. These were mentioned in the paper, and that's good [literally, "and that was good," or – see ju – "and yeah, that was good," "and that was good, of course," or the like].
    1. zesty, tangy, spicy

Declension edit

Inflection of pikant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular pikant pikantare pikantast
Neuter singular pikant pikantare pikantast
Plural pikanta pikantare pikantast
Masculine plural3 pikante pikantare pikantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 pikante pikantare pikantaste
All pikanta pikantare pikantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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