"pullulant" meaning in Français

See pullulant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \py.ly.lɑ̃\ Forms: pullulants [plural, masculine], pullulante [singular, feminine], pullulantes [plural, feminine]
  1. Qui pullule.
    Sense id: fr-pullulant-fr-adj-oC1Kl3rp Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: \py.ly.lɑ̃\
  1. Participe présent de pulluler. Form of: pulluler
    Sense id: fr-pullulant-fr-verb-CoByioB6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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