"devant" meaning in French

See devant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

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

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

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

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

Inflected forms

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