"piquant" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /pi.kɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-piquant.ogg Forms: piquante [feminine], piquants [masculine, plural], piquantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Present participle of piquer. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|piquer}} piquer Head templates: {{fr-adj}} piquant (feminine piquante, masculine plural piquants, feminine plural piquantes)
  1. spiky, spiny
    Sense id: en-piquant-fr-adj-rn6Qyz7E
  2. piquant, pungent, spicy-hot (of food) Categories (topical): Taste Synonyms: épicé
    Sense id: en-piquant-fr-adj-Efr8iizr Disambiguation of Taste: 3 53 4 11 12 16
  3. cold; ice-cold Synonyms: glacé, froid
    Sense id: en-piquant-fr-adj-iE0Ekfb5 Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  4. scathing (of humor, a joke, etc.)
    Sense id: en-piquant-fr-adj-fjSRBeVY
  5. (usually of a person) attractive Tags: usually Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-piquant-fr-adj-bvOwADnm Disambiguation of Personality: 3 21 3 21 33 19

Verb

IPA: /pi.kɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-piquant.ogg
Etymology: Present participle of piquer. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|piquer}} piquer Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} piquant
  1. present participle of piquer Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: piquer
    Sense id: en-piquant-fr-verb-d79GVtzg Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 13 1 13 6 1 1 4 2 0 24 2 24 10 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 4 17 5 1 72

Inflected forms

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