rasant

English

Etymology

French rasant

Adjective

rasant (not comparable)

  1. (military, obsolete) sweeping; flanking
    rasant fire

Anagrams

French

Participle

rasant

  1. present participle of raser

Adjective

rasant (feminine rasante, masculine plural rasants, feminine plural rasantes)

  1. shaving (lightly touching)
  2. boring (annoying)

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French rasant.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

rasant (strong nominative masculine singular rasanter, comparative rasanter, superlative am rasantesten)

  1. rapid

Declension

Further reading

  • rasant” in Duden online
  • rasant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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