"encombrant" meaning in All languages combined

See encombrant on Wiktionary

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-encombrant.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: encombrante [feminine], encombrants [masculine, plural], encombrantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} encombrant (feminine encombrante, masculine plural encombrants, feminine plural encombrantes)
  1. cumbersome, heavy, bulky
    Sense id: en-encombrant-fr-adj-jCB5~FTW Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Verb [French]

IPA: /ɑ̃.kɔ̃.bʁɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-encombrant.wav [France] (note: Somain)
Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} encombrant
  1. present participle of encombrer Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: encombrer
    Sense id: en-encombrant-fr-verb-Efli0z-d Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "encombrante",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "encombrants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
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        {
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            [
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          ],
          "english": "No! No! I don’t want an elephant in a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors are very dangerous, and elephants are very cumbersome. My home is very small. I need a sheep. Draw me a sheep.",
          "ref": "1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, chapter II, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock:",
          "text": "Non ! Non ! Je ne veux pas d’un éléphant dans un boa. Un boa c’est très dangereux, et un éléphant c’est très encombrant. Chez moi c’est tout petit. J’ai besoin d’un mouton. Dessine-moi un mouton.",
          "translation": "No! No! I don’t want an elephant in a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors are very dangerous, and elephants are very cumbersome. My home is very small. I need a sheep. Draw me a sheep.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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          "cumbersome"
        ],
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy"
        ],
        [
          "bulky",
          "bulky"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "note": "Somain",
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      "tags": [
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          "english": "No! No! I don’t want an elephant in a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors are very dangerous, and elephants are very cumbersome. My home is very small. I need a sheep. Draw me a sheep.",
          "ref": "1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, chapter II, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock:",
          "text": "Non ! Non ! Je ne veux pas d’un éléphant dans un boa. Un boa c’est très dangereux, et un éléphant c’est très encombrant. Chez moi c’est tout petit. J’ai besoin d’un mouton. Dessine-moi un mouton.",
          "translation": "No! No! I don’t want an elephant in a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors are very dangerous, and elephants are very cumbersome. My home is very small. I need a sheep. Draw me a sheep.",
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        }
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      ],
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          "heavy"
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      ]
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