"puant" meaning in French

See puant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɥɑ̃/ Forms: puante [feminine], puants [masculine, plural], puantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} puant (feminine puante, masculine plural puants, feminine plural puantes)
  1. smelly, stinking Derived forms: boule puante, empuantir
    Sense id: en-puant-fr-adj-6UJwr~rN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Smell Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Smell: 96 4

Verb

IPA: /pɥɑ̃/
Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} puant
  1. present participle of puer Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: puer
    Sense id: en-puant-fr-verb-c5y5OxH0

Inflected forms

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          "word": "empuantir"
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    }
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    "French present participles",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
    {
      "word": "empuantir"
    }
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