devant
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French
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Etymology 1
[edit ]From de + avant . False cognate of Indonesian and Malay depan despite similarity of both words in definition and pronunciation.
Preposition
[edit ]devant
- confronted with, faced with
- in front of, before
- Antonym: derrière
- outside
Derived terms
[edit ]Descendants
[edit ]Adverb
[edit ]devant
- in front, at the front
- Il marchait devant.
- He was walking in front.
- Mets-toi devant !
- Stand in front!
Descendants
[edit ]- Mauritian Creole: devan
Noun
[edit ]devant m (plural devants )
Derived terms
[edit ]Descendants
[edit ]- Mauritian Creole: devan
Etymology 2
[edit ]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
[edit ]devant
Further reading
[edit ]- "devant", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle French
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]- devãt (some manuscripts)
Preposition
[edit ]devant
- in front of; before
- before (with respect to time)
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 23 :
- devant que tu partes perdras le poing en lieu de mon escu
- before you leave you will lose your hand for my shield [which you lost]
Old French
[edit ]Preposition
[edit ]devant
- in front of
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide :
- Et devant aus un nain boçu
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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