mendiant

French mendiant

mendiant (plural mendiants)

1. A traditional French Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders.
2. Obsolete form of mendinant.

• in tandem

From the present participle of mendier, corresponding to Latin mendīcāns, mendīcāntem. Compare English mendicant, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese mendicante.

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.djɑ̃/

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mendiant m (plural mendiants, feminine mendiante)

1. a beggar
2. a traditional Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders
3. a pastry from Alsace and Franche-Comté

mendiant

1. present participle of mendier

• “mendiant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).