glissant

English

Adjective

glissant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Gliding horizontally in an undulant posture.

   a serpent glissant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡli.sɑ̃/

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Participle

glissant

1. present participle of glisser

Adjective

glissant (feminine glissante, masculine plural glissants, feminine plural glissantes)

1. slippery (which tends to cause slipping)

Derived terms

• pente glissante
• terrain glissant

Further reading

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