puant

From Latin pontem, accusative singular of pōns. Compare Friulian puint, Spanish puente.

puant m

1. bridge

• IPA^(key): /pɥɑ̃/

puant

1. present participle of puer

puant (feminine puante, masculine plural puants, feminine plural puantes)

1. smelly, stinking

• boule puante
• empuantir

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

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puant m (plural puants)

1. (Jersey) common swift (Apus apus)

• grand' néthe
• héthonde dé falaise
• néthe héthonde