flamant

English

The crest of the US 37th Armored Regiment includes an annulet flamant.

Adjective

flamant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Flaming (typically gules unless another color is specified).
   • 1885, Walter Charles Metcalfe, A Book of Knights [...] 1566 [to] 1698, page 81:

     Sr Andrew Flamocke. [...] Crest -- A tree ragulée Vert flamant Gules.

   • 2001, Judy G. Endicott, The USAF in Korea: Campaigns, Units, and Stations, 1950-1953, Department of the Air Force, page 105:

     75th Air Depot Wing 750 AIR / On a shield Or, a stylized aircraft Azure, throughout, in pale, thereon a sword Argent, flamant Gules, fimbriated Or, […]

Alternative forms

• flambant
• flammant

See also

• inflamed

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin flammantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fləˈman]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fləˈmant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [flaˈmant]

Adjective

flamant m or f (masculine and feminine plural flamants)

1. flaming (on fire with visible flames)

   Synonym: flamejant

2. brand new

   Synonym: nou de trinca

Further reading

• “flamant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “flamant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “flamant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “flamant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan flamenc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.mɑ̃/

Noun

flamant m (plural flamants)

1. flamingo

Derived terms

• flamant rose

Further reading

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