collant

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Catalan

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Verb

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collant

  1. gerund of collar

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔ.lɑ̃/
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Participle

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collant

  1. present participle of coller

Adjective

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collant (feminine collante, masculine plural collants, feminine plural collantes)

  1. sticky, gluey, clammy
  2. (figuratively, of a person, informal) hard to shake off; clingy, clinging
  3. skintight, close-fitting, clinging

Derived terms

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Noun

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collant m (plural collants)

  1. body stocking, leotard
  2. (usually in the plural) tights (UK), pantyhose (US)

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: colãs, collants (unadapted form), colã, collant (unadapted form)

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French collant.

Noun

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collant m (invariable)

  1. tights

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French collant.

Noun

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collant m (plural collants)

  1. Alternative form of colã (tights)