"bienséant" meaning in Français

See bienséant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\, \bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\, \bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-bienséant.wav Forms: bienséants [plural, masculine], bienséante [singular, feminine], bienséantes [plural, feminine]
Rhymes: \e.ɑ̃\
  1. Qu’il sied bien de faire, de dire, etc.
    Sense id: fr-bienséant-fr-adj-6WhNdRxB Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bienséamment Translations: seemly (Anglais), becoming [dated] (Anglais), decorós (Catalan), convenient (Catalan), decent (Catalan), pristojan (Croate)

Inflected forms

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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "abstienne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bastienne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Benétains"
    },
    {
      "word": "benétains"
    }
  ],
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "malséant"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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      "name": "Adjectifs en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en français",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rimes en français en \\e.ɑ̃\\",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en catalan",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en croate",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Français",
      "orig": "français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bienséamment"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de bien, séant et seoir."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bienséants",
      "ipas": [
        "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bienséante",
      "ipas": [
        "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃t\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bienséantes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃t\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en français",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              146,
              156
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Nikolaï Gogol, Les nouvelles de Petersbourg - Le manteau, 1835 (traduction d’André Markowicz, réédition Éditions Acte Sud, 2007, page 205)",
          "text": "Une espèce de force contre-nature l’avait poussé loin de ses camarades avec lesquels il venait de faire connaissance, les prenant pour des hommes bienséants et mondains."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Il est bienséant aux jeunes gens de respecter la vieillesse, de n’être pas trop pressés de parler."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Cela n’est pas bienséant."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Une telle réponse est peu bienséante."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qu’il sied bien de faire, de dire, etc."
      ],
      "id": "fr-bienséant-fr-adj-6WhNdRxB"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "rhymes": "\\e.ɑ̃\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\\"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "seemly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "becoming"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "decorós"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "convenient"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "decent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "pristojan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bienséant"
}
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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "abstienne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bastienne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Benétains"
    },
    {
      "word": "benétains"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "malséant"
    }
  ],
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    "Compositions en français",
    "Lemmes en français",
    "Rimes en français en \\e.ɑ̃\\",
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    "Traductions en catalan",
    "Traductions en croate",
    "français"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "bienséamment"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de bien, séant et seoir."
  ],
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      "ipas": [
        "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bienséante",
      "ipas": [
        "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃t\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bienséantes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃t\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français"
      ],
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              146,
              156
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Nikolaï Gogol, Les nouvelles de Petersbourg - Le manteau, 1835 (traduction d’André Markowicz, réédition Éditions Acte Sud, 2007, page 205)",
          "text": "Une espèce de force contre-nature l’avait poussé loin de ses camarades avec lesquels il venait de faire connaissance, les prenant pour des hommes bienséants et mondains."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Il est bienséant aux jeunes gens de respecter la vieillesse, de n’être pas trop pressés de parler."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Cela n’est pas bienséant."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Une telle réponse est peu bienséante."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Qu’il sied bien de faire, de dire, etc."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\\",
      "rhymes": "\\e.ɑ̃\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\bjɛ̃.se.ɑ̃\\"
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "seemly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "becoming"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "decorós"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "convenient"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "decent"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "pristojan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bienséant"
}

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