voyant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vwa.jɑ̃/

Participle

voyant

1. present participle of voir

Adjective

voyant (feminine voyante, masculine plural voyants, feminine plural voyantes)

1. clairvoyant
2. showy, gaudy, conspicuous
3. staring

Noun

voyant m (plural voyants, feminine voyante)

1. seer, clairvoyant
2. light (e.g. on a car dashboard)
3. (nautical) dayboard

Further reading

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

Middle French

Alternative forms

• voiant

Verb

voyant (feminine singular voyante, masculine plural voyans, feminine plural voyantes)

1. present participle of veoir
2. (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of veoir