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glissant

slippery

adjective glee-SAHN Rare
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Usage Note

Glissant describes a surface on which one can easily slip. It also appears figuratively — un terrain glissant (slippery ground) means a delicate or risky situation. The feminine form is glissante. Derived from the verb glisser ('to slide, to slip').

Examples

"Le sol est glissant après la pluie."

Natural Translation

The floor is slippery after the rain.

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