gisant
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.zɑ̃/
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Participle
gisant
- present participle of gésir
Adjective
gisant (feminine gisante, masculine plural gisants, feminine plural gisantes)
- lying (in a horizontal position)
Noun
gisant m (plural gisants)
- recumbent statue, tomb effigy (relief or statue on the top of a tomb depicting the deceased lying in death)
Further reading
- “gisant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.