"saisissant" meaning in French

See saisissant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sɛ.zi.sɑ̃/, /se.zi.sɑ̃/ Forms: saisissante [feminine], saisissants [masculine, plural], saisissantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} saisissant (feminine saisissante, masculine plural saisissants, feminine plural saisissantes)
  1. gripping
    Sense id: en-saisissant-fr-adj-YNDwJxZ4
  2. striking
    Sense id: en-saisissant-fr-adj-n3l2nnQA
  3. biting (cold)
    Sense id: en-saisissant-fr-adj-qYjj0aCx

Verb

IPA: /sɛ.zi.sɑ̃/, /se.zi.sɑ̃/
Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} saisissant
  1. present participle of saisir Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: saisir
    Sense id: en-saisissant-fr-verb-R9iabv1j Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 5 82

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for saisissant meaning in French (1.6kB)

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