calculant

English

Etymology

calculate +‎ -ant

Adjective

calculant (comparative more calculant, superlative most calculant)

  1. calculating, reflective
    • 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 97:
      His face is calm, down-sloped, calculant, concerned.

Catalan

Verb

calculant

  1. gerund of calcular

French

Pronunciation
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Participle

calculant

  1. present participle of calculer

Latin

Verb

calculant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of calculō
    1. "they calculate, they compute"
    2. (figuratively) "they consider as, they esteem"
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