"piquant" meaning in English

See piquant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpiːkənt/, /ˈpiːˌkɑːnt/, /piːˈkɑːnt/, /ˈpiːkwənt/ Audio: En-us-piquant 01.ogg Forms: more piquant [comparative], most piquant [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːkənt, -ɑːnt Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French piquant (“pricking, stimulating, irritating”), present participle of piquer, possibly from Old French pikier (“to prick, sting, nettle”). Doublet of picong. Related to pike. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|piquant||pricking, stimulating, irritating}} Middle French piquant (“pricking, stimulating, irritating”), {{der|en|fro|pikier||to prick, sting, nettle}} Old French pikier (“to prick, sting, nettle”), {{doublet|en|picong}} Doublet of picong Head templates: {{en-adj}} piquant (comparative more piquant, superlative most piquant)
  1. (archaic) Causing hurt feelings; scathing, severe. Tags: archaic
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  2. Stimulating to the senses; engaging; charming. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (engaging; charming): pikant (Afrikaans), piccante (Italian), chamativo [masculine] (Portuguese), interessante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-piquant-en-adj--dua2RiE Disambiguation of Personality: 5 56 20 18 Disambiguation of 'engaging; charming': 2 92 4 3
  3. Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy. Categories (topical): Taste Translations (favorably stimulating to the palate): pikant (Afrikaans), піка́нтны (pikántny) (Belarusian), ঝাল (jhal) (Bengali), пикантен (pikanten) (Bulgarian), စပ် (cap) (Burmese), picant (Catalan), pikant (Dutch), pikantne (Estonian), pikantti (Finnish), piquant (French), პიკანტური (ṗiḳanṭuri) (Georgian), pikant (German), pikáns (Hungarian), pik-anta (Ido), piccante (Italian), vespigno (Italian), 辛い (karai) (Japanese), 맵다 (maepda) (Korean), picant [masculine] (Romanian), пикантный (pikantnyj) (Russian), picante (Spanish), піка́нтний (pikántnyj) (Ukrainian), sbeislyd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-piquant-en-adj-HxJ8SKfN Disambiguation of Taste: 9 15 43 33 Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Burmese translations Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 17 2 11 10 1 2 7 2 0 14 6 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 1 12 10 1 0 2 2 0 17 3 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 36 9 33 23 Disambiguation of 'favorably stimulating to the palate': 4 10 81 4
  4. Producing a burning sensation due to the presence of chilies or similar spices; spicy, hot.
    Sense id: en-piquant-en-adj-hGhUqfQw Categories (other): Pages with entries, Terms with Burmese translations Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 1 12 10 1 0 2 2 0 17 3 17 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 36 9 33 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: piquante Derived forms: piquancy

Alternative forms

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        "(archaic) Causing hurt feelings; scathing, severe."
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          "ref": "1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Their husbands […] leave home to seek for more agreeable, may I be allowed to use a significant French word, piquant society […]",
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          "text": "He looked after her as she retreated, with a fondness which was rendered more piquant, as it were, by the mixture of a certain scorn which accompanied it.",
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          "text": "Pork Chops with Apple and Port These chops are baked in a piquant sauce containing fruit, honey, cinnamon, lemon and port, all of which reduces to a spicy syrup.",
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          "ref": "2005, Clifford A. Wright, Some Like it Hot: Spicy Favorites from the World's Hot Zones, Boston, Mass.: Harvard Common Press, →ISBN, page 170:",
          "text": "Elsewhere in South America, excepting Bahia in Brazil, one does not encounter piquant cuisine, although one may stumble on a piquant dish now and then […]",
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          "text": "French charcuterie relies on cloves in the quatre épices, or four-spice powder, for seasoning fine sausages and piquant marinades.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpiːkənt/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpiːˌkɑːnt/"
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      "ipa": "/piːˈkɑːnt/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpiːkwənt/"
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "engaging; charming",
      "word": "pikant"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "engaging; charming",
      "word": "piccante"
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      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "pikant"
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    {
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      "roman": "pikántny",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "піка́нтны"
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      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "ঝাল"
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      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "пикантен"
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      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "စပ်"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "picant"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "pikant"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "pikantne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "pikantti"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "piquant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗiḳanṭuri",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "პიკანტური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "pikant"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "pikáns"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "pik-anta"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "piccante"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "vespigno"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "karai",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "辛い"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "maepda",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "맵다"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "picant"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pikantnyj",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "пикантный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "picante"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pikántnyj",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "піка́нтний"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "favorably stimulating to the palate",
      "word": "sbeislyd"
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}

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