collant
Catalan
Verb
collant
- gerund of collar
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.lɑ̃/
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Participle
collant
- present participle of coller
Adjective
collant (feminine collante, masculine plural collants, feminine plural collantes)
- sticky, gluey, clammy
- (figuratively, of a person, informal) hard to shake off; clingy, clinging
- skintight, close-fitting, clinging
Derived terms
- autocollant
- papier collant
- thermocollant
Related terms
Noun
collant m (plural collants)
- body stocking, leotard
- (usually in the plural) tights (UK), pantyhose (US)
Descendants
Further reading
- “collant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French collant.
Noun
collant m (invariable)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French collant.
Noun
collant m (plural collants)
- alternative form of colã (“tights”)