tombant
Catalan
Etymology
From tombar.
Pronunciation
Noun
tombant m (plural tombants)
- turn, bend (in a path)
- (figurative) shift, change
- Synonym: (general) canvi
- turn; the change from one period of time to another
- tombant de segle ― turn of the century
Verb
tombant
- gerund of tombar
Further reading
- “tombant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “tombant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “tombant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tombant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
tombant (feminine tombante, masculine plural tombants, feminine plural tombantes)
Derived terms
Participle
tombant
- present participle of tomber
Further reading
- “tombant” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
- “tombant” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “tombant” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “tombant” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
- “tombant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.