"vacillant" meaning in Français

See vacillant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \va.si.jɑ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-vacillant.wav Forms: vacillants [plural, masculine], vacillante [singular, feminine], vacillantes [plural, feminine]
  1. Qui vacille.
    Sense id: fr-vacillant-fr-adj-UYp80w5I Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Qui est incertain, irrésolu, chancelant. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-vacillant-fr-adj-pUVj9wh6 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Métaphores en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: vacillante (Italien), trantalhant (Occitan)

Verb

IPA: \va.si.jɑ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-vacillant.wav
  1. Participe présent de vaciller. Form of: vaciller
    Sense id: fr-vacillant-fr-verb-WDE7DNm1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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