"instant" meaning in French

See instant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛ̃s.tɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-instant.ogg Forms: instante [feminine], instants [masculine, plural], instantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} instant (feminine instante, masculine plural instants, feminine plural instantes)
  1. (literary) pressing, insistent Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-instant-fr-adj-mm5cy6ht

Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃s.tɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-instant.ogg Forms: instants [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} instant m (plural instants)
  1. instant, minute, moment Tags: masculine Derived forms: à l’instant, à tout instant, de tous les instants, d’un instant à l’autre, instantané, l’espace d’un instant, pour l’instant
    Sense id: en-instant-fr-noun-0gJl6MF6 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

Inflected forms

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