riant

From French riant.

riant (comparative more riant, superlative most riant)

1. When said of a person or a person's manner: mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
2. When said of place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.

• Tarin, Train, Trina, atrin, intra-, tairn, tarin, train

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.jɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -jɑ̃

riant

1. present participle of rire

riant (feminine singular riante, masculine plural riants, feminine plural riantes)

1. laughing (in the process of laughing)

• souriant

• train

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

• IPA^(key): /riˈãnt/

riant

1. present participle of rire

riant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular riant)

1. laughing
2. (by extension) joyous; happy

riant

1. Soft mutation of rhiant.