"usant" meaning in French

See usant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /y.zɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-usant.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: usante [feminine], usants [masculine, plural], usantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} usant (feminine usante, masculine plural usants, feminine plural usantes)
  1. (informal) tiring, tiresome, exhausting, taxing Tags: informal Synonyms: fatigant, épuisant
    Sense id: en-usant-fr-adj-zq3RKUtk Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0

Verb

IPA: /y.zɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-usant.wav [France, Vosges]
Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} usant
  1. present participle of user Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: user
    Sense id: en-usant-fr-verb-EPQ7~tlx
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "user#French"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "form": "usante",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "usants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "usantes",
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        "feminine",
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          "tiring",
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          "tiresome",
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        ],
        [
          "exhausting",
          "exhausting"
        ],
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          "taxing",
          "taxing"
        ]
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      ],
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "épuisant"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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        "tiring, tiresome, exhausting, taxing"
      ],
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          "taxing"
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        },
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        }
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      ]
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