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The French word for sharp is
tranchant





sharp

French Definition


sharp
     1. adj. Coupant.
           Sharp knife.
     2. adj. Pointu.
           Sharp point.
     3. adj. (Figuré) Vif (qualifie certaines choses pour marquer la force de l'impression).
           her piercing wit, the piercing cold
     4. adj. (Figuré) (En particulier) Intelligent.
           She is very sharp. (She has a sharp mind.)
     5. adj. Aigre.
           Sharp taste.
     6. adj. (Musique) Dièse.
           Sharp note.
     7. v. Pile, exactement.
           Be here at eight o'clock sharp.
           Soyez là à huit heures précises.
     8. n. (Musique) Dièse (♯).



Translations for sharp and their definitions

tranchant ©
     1. Participle. present participle of trancher
     2. adj. sharp
     3. adj. cutting
     4. adj. trenchant


aiguisé
     1. Participle. past participle of aiguiser
     2. adj. sharpened


affilé
     1. Participle. past participle of affiler
     2. adj. sharp


coupant
     1. Participle. present participle of couper
     2. adj. cutting
     3. adj. sharp


affuté
     1. Participle. past participle of affuter


acéré
     1. adj. (of iron) hardened with steel
     2. adj. sharp, keen


effilé ©
     1. Participle. past participle of effiler
     2. adj. slender
     3. adj. sharp


aigu
     1. adj. sharp, pointy
     2. adj. (of intelligence) acute, keen, discerning
     3. adj. (of sound) sharp, loud and high-pitched
     4. adj. (medicine) acute
     5. adj. (mathematics, of an angle) acute
     6. adj. (linguistics, of an accent) acute
     7. adj. (phonetics) front


vif ©
           mort ou vif - dead or alive
     1. adj. lively, brisk
     2. adj. vivid, bright
     3. adj. keen, sharp
     4. adj. (words) poignant, cutting, sharp
     5. adj. (edges) sharp, jagged
     6. adj. (pain) acute, intense, strong
     7. adj. (feelings, emotions) great, deep
     8. n-m. (obsolete) living person
     9. n-m. flesh, living flesh
           avoir les nerfs à vif
           piquer au vif
           entrer dans le vif du sujet


âcre
     1. adj. acrid, bitter
     2. adj. (figuratively) sour, bitter


chic
     1. adj. elegant, fancy, stylish, posh, swank
     2. adj. considerate
     3. n-m. elegance
     4. n-m. skillfulness; adroitness


dièse
     1. n-m. (music, history) diesis
     2. n-m. (music) sharp
     3. n-m. hash (punctuation mark)


Net
     1. Proper noun. (computing) the Net
     2. adj. clean, tidy
     3. adj. clear
     4. adj. neat (as opposed to gross)
     5. adj. net (as opposed to gross)



pointu
     1. adj. sharp, pointed
           Cette épée est bien pointue. - This sword is very sharp.
           Les feuilles de cette plante sont pointues. - The leaves of this plant are pointed.
     2. adj. (figuratively) specialised, precise, technical, pointed
           une question très pointue - a very pointed question
     3. adj. (southern France) Parisian in accent or dialect
           il parle pointu - he speaks like a Parisian


intense
     1. adj. intense


classe
     1. n-f. class, type, group
     2. n-f. (military) "Une classe de conscrits" refers to all the recruits conscripted in a particular year, similar to the idea of a cohort. In the plural, "classes" refers to a period of military training
     3. n-f. (object-oriented programming) class


précis
     1. adj. Which does not leave doubt; specific, explicit
     2. adj. Done in a precise and reliable fashion
     3. adj. (Sound) Well perceived; sharp
     4. adj. (Of language or writing) Demonstrating precision, concision and accuracy
     5. adj. Said of someone whose language expresses such qualities
     6. adj. (Measure) calculated or measured with precision
     7. n-m. précis



pile ©
     1. n-f. heap, stack
           pile de cartons - stack of cardboard boxes
     2. n-f. pillar
     3. n-f. battery
           pile électrique - electric battery
     4. n-f. tails
           pile ou face - heads or tails
     5. n-f. (heraldry) pile
     6. adv. (colloquial) just, exactly
     7. adv. (colloquial) dead (of stopping etc.); on the dot, sharp (of time), smack
Image illustrating the French word pile


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