"devant" meaning in All languages combined

See devant on Wiktionary

Adverb [French]

IPA: /də.vɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-devant.ogg
Etymology: From de + avant. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|de|avant}} de + avant Head templates: {{fr-adv}} devant
  1. in front, at the front
    Sense id: en-devant-fr-adv-pjGbJW0q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [French]

IPA: /də.vɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-devant.ogg Forms: devants [plural]
Etymology: From de + avant. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|de|avant}} de + avant Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} devant m (plural devants)
  1. front Tags: masculine Derived forms: prendre les devants, sur le devant de la scène
    Sense id: en-devant-fr-noun-LY1pMXes
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition [French]

IPA: /də.vɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-devant.ogg
Etymology: From de + avant. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|de|avant}} de + avant Head templates: {{fr-prep}} devant
  1. confronted with, faced with
    Sense id: en-devant-fr-prep-UT1MwOMI
  2. in front of, before
    Sense id: en-devant-fr-prep-jwtcZiHA
  3. outside
    Sense id: en-devant-fr-prep-MSB6IGX0 Categories (other): French prepositions Disambiguation of French prepositions: 13 13 18 20 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: au-devant de, devancer, devant l’Éternel, sens devant derrière
Etymology number: 1

Verb [French]

IPA: /də.vɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-devant.ogg
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} devant
  1. present participle of devoir Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: devoir
    Sense id: en-devant-fr-verb-KX65rrMi Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 21 0 13 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition [Middle French]

Head templates: {{head|frm|preposition}} devant
  1. in front of; before
    Sense id: en-devant-frm-prep-1FAg-7P2
  2. before (with respect to time)
    Sense id: en-devant-frm-prep-2yrwbY4v Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Middle French prepositions Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Middle French prepositions: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: devãt (english: some manuscripts)

Preposition [Old French]

Head templates: {{head|fro|preposition}} devant
  1. in front of
    Sense id: en-devant-fro-prep-TY7IuR1u Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French prepositions

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French prepositions",
        "Old French terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Old French quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide",
          "text": "Et devant aus un nain boçu",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in front of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in front of",
          "in front of"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "devant"
}

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