pesant

See also: pésant

English

Noun

pesant (plural pesants)

1. Obsolete form of peasant.
   • 1765 [1764], Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter IV, in The Castle of Otranto, […], Dublin: […] J. Hoey, […], →OCLC, page 99:

     [M]y honoured Lord, ſaid Iſabella, who reſented Theodore’s warmth, which ſhe perceived was dictated by his ſentiments for Matilda, diſcompose not yourſelf for the gloſing of a of a peſant’s ſon: He forgets the reverence he owes you; but he is not accuſtomed⸺[…]

     The 1st edition uses peaſant.

Catalan

Etymology

From pesar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈzan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈzant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [peˈzant]

Adjective

pesant m or f (masculine and feminine plural pesants)

1. heavy (having great weight)

Verb

pesant

1. gerund of pesar

Further reading

• “pesant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pesant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pesant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pesant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.zɑ̃/

• Audio

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Participle

pesant

1. present participle of peser

Adjective

pesant (feminine pesante, masculine plural pesants, feminine plural pesantes)

1. (often figuratively) heavy

   Synonyms: lourd, pondéreux, pénible

   une atmosphère pesante ― a heavy atmosphere

Usage notes

• In common use in Quebec, but is considered literary elsewhere.

Derived terms

• pesanteur

Noun

pesant m (uncountable)

1. Only used in valoir son pesant d’or

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pensât

Friulian

Etymology

From pesâ.

Adjective

pesant

1. heavy

Synonyms

• grivi

Old French

Verb

pesant

1. present participle of peser

Adjective

pesant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pesant or pesante)

1. heavy
   • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     c'est mes haubers,
     s'est ausi pesanz come fers.

     It's my chainmail
     It's as heavy as iron.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• pesont (Sursilvan)
• pasànt (Sutsilvan)
• pasant (Surmiran)

Adjective

pesant m (feminine singular pesanta, masculine plural pesants, feminine plural pesantas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) heavy

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) grev
• (Sutsilvan) greav
• (Puter, Vallader) greiv