tranchant

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/

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tranchant

1. present participle of trancher

tranchant (feminine tranchante, masculine plural tranchants, feminine plural tranchantes)

1. sharp
2. cutting
3. trenchant

tranchant m (plural tranchants)

1. edge, e.g. for razors or swords

• à double tranchant

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

Unadapted borrowing from French tranchant.

tranchant (invariable)

1. decisive, peremptory, firm

   Synonyms: deciso, perentorio

   • 2019 November, Silvia Ferrara, La grande invenzione, Feltrinelli, →ISBN, page 24:

     In realtà, oggi siamo meno tranchant.

     In reality, we're less tranchant these days.

2. mockingly hostile, rude, strict

• tranchant in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana