monté sur ressorts

French

Alternative forms

• monté sur ressort

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.te syʁ ʁə.sɔʁ/

Adjective

monté sur ressorts (feminine montée sur ressorts, masculine plural montés sur ressorts, feminine plural montées sur ressorts)

1. (literally) spring-loaded, spring-mounted
2. (figuratively) very energetic and excitable, wound up, constantly giddy

   Synonym: qui ne tient pas en place

   un enfant monté sur ressorts ― a child who is bouncing off the walls