cassant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cassant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈsɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: cas‧sant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

cassant (comparative cassanter, superlative cassantst)

1. (Belgium) brusque, catty, acrid

Inflection

Declension of cassant
uninflected	cassant
inflected	cassante
comparative	cassanter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		cassant	cassanter	het cassantst het cassantste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	cassante	cassantere	cassantste
	n. sing.	cassant	cassanter	cassantste
	plural	cassante	cassantere	cassantste
definite		cassante	cassantere	cassantste
partitive		cassants	cassanters	—

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.sɑ̃/ ~ /kɑ.sɑ̃/

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Participle

cassant

1. present participle of casser

Adjective

cassant (feminine cassante, masculine plural cassants, feminine plural cassantes)

1. brittle
2. harsh, cutting, catty

   Synonym: blessant

Further reading

• “cassant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

cassant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of cassō