saillant
French → English
adj//sa.jɑ̃//
(shape) Protruding: sticking out or projecting outward from a surface
Il a des pommettes saillantes veinées de rouge.
(English) He has protruding cheekbones veined with red.
Ses muscles secs étaient tendus sur ses os saillants.
(English) His lean muscles were taut over his protruding bones.
noun//sa.jɑ̃//
(military) Salient: a bulge in a battle line that projects into enemy territory
Le saillant de Saint-Mihiel constituait une avancée des lignes allemandes.
(English) The Saint-Mihiel salient constituted an advance of German lines.
Un saillant est une zone exposée sur plusieurs côtés.
(English) A salient is a zone exposed on several sides.
Entry ID: fr:en:saillant · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary