manquant

missing

adjective mahn-KAHN Rare

Also means

absent

Usage Note

Manquant is the present participle of manquer used as an adjective meaning 'missing' or 'lacking'. The feminine is manquante. Une pièce manquante ('a missing piece') and les personnes manquantes ('missing persons') are typical collocations. It is slightly more formal than the simple use of manquer as a verb.

Examples

"Il y a une pièce manquante dans ce puzzle."

Natural Translation

There is a missing piece in this puzzle.

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