condescendant

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

condescendant (feminine condescendante, masculine plural condescendants, feminine plural condescendantes)

1. condescending (assuming a tone of superiority or a patronizing attitude)

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

condēscendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of condēscendō