ravissant

See also: ravissànt

English

Three wolves ravissant on the arms of Danizy.

Etymology

French

Adjective

ravissant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ravissant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.vi.sɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Participle

ravissant

1. present participle of ravir

Adjective

ravissant (feminine ravissante, masculine plural ravissants, feminine plural ravissantes)

1. ravishing, delightful, entrancing

Further reading

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