gisant

Meaning

Verb

present participle of gésir

Adj

lying (in a horizontal position)

Noun

recumbent statue, tomb effigy (relief or statue on the top of a tomb depicting the deceased lying in death)

gésir

1. (archaic, defective, intransitive, literary) to lie (to be in a horizontal position), especially when dead or wounded
2. (archaic, defective, intransitive, literary) to be located
3. (archaic, defective, intransitive, literary) to be buried, hidden

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Concepts

lying

recumbent

Synonyms

étendu à terre

Translations

kımıltısız

uzanmış

giacente

yatmış

yacente

jacente

jaient

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒi.zɑ̃/