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filant

streaming

adjective fee-LAHN Rare

Also means

shooting (as in shooting star)

Usage Note

Filant is the present participle of filer used adjectivally. Its most famous collocation is une étoile filante (a shooting star). In industrial or textile contexts it can describe a material that draws out into threads or streams. The feminine form is filante.

Examples

"Ils ont observé une étoile filante dans le ciel."

Natural Translation

They spotted a shooting star in the sky.

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