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saltant

UK/ˈsæl.tənt/US/ˈsæl.tənt/

saltant adjective: leaping; jumping; dancing.

saltant: leaping; jumping; dancing
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Adjective

saltant (not comparable)

  1. Leaping; jumping; dancing.
  2. In a leaping position; springing forward; salient.
    • Why the devil, can you deny that you've not a partiality for cats, ha! ha! ha! […] the feline species is preserved—the crest is very evident a kitten saltant, ha! heh! heh!1808, The Critical Review, or, Annals of Literature, page 91
    • "The luce is the fresh fish; the salt fish is an old coat." This speech is an heraldric puzzle. It is pretty clear that "the dozen white luces" apply to the arms of the Lucy family. […] Since our first edition we have received an ingenious explanation from a correspondent, "A Lover of Heraldry."...1867, The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Comedies, page 41

saltant meaning in Tamil and Urdu

saltant in Tamil

பாயி

saltant in Urdu

saltant, leaping, jumping
اچھلتا uchaltā

Examples of saltant in a sentence

  • Two lions saltant as vis-a-vis, but reversed, one with head up, the other down.1893, Journal of the Derbyshire Archæological and Natural History Society, page 43:
  • The issue at the bottom is decorated by two lions saltant.1905, Ferdinand Justi, Sara Yorke Stevenson, Morris Jastrow (Jr.), Central and eastern Asia in antiquity, page 91:

Origin of saltant

From Latin saltans, present participle of saltare (“to dance”), v. intens. from salire (“to leap”): compare French sautant. See sally (verb).

Questions about saltant

What does saltant mean?
Saltant means leaping; jumping; dancing.
What is saltant in Tamil?
Saltant in Tamil is பாயி. See Saltant meaning in Tamil.
How do you use saltant in a sentence?
Two lions saltant as vis-a-vis, but reversed, one with head up, the other down.
What part of speech is saltant?
Saltant is an adjective.
How do you pronounce saltant?
Saltant is pronounced /ˈsæl.tənt/ (UK).

Words near saltant in the dictionary

  1. salt-rising breads
  2. salt-water
  3. Salta
  4. Saltaire
  5. saltando
  6. saltant
  7. saltarella
  8. saltarellas
  9. saltarelli
  10. saltarello
  11. saltarellos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saltant (page history and authors); saltant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اچھلتا (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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