- résistant
- an. ; endurant, costaud, fort ; résistant à l'ennemi : rézistê, -ta, -e (Albanais).A1) résistant, fort, dur, qui s'adapte bien : f.; lurona, -e (Doucy-Bauges).
Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard. 2015.
Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard. 2015.
résistant — résistant, ante [ rezistɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1355 resistens n.; de résister 1 ♦ Qui résiste, oppose une force annulant ou diminuant la force subie. La matière « je la crois étendue, solide, résistante » ( Voltaire). L air, milieu résistant. Par … Encyclopédie Universelle
résistant — résistant, ante (ré zi stan, stan t ) adj. 1° Qui ne cède pas à l impression d un autre corps. • La capacité de me faire éprouver les diverses sensations constituera les différentes qualités de ce corps ; mais sa qualité essentielle sera… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
resistant — c.1600, from Fr. résistant, prp. of résister (see RESIST (Cf. resist)) … Etymology dictionary
Resistant — Re*sist ant ( ant), a. [F. r[ e]sistant: cf. L. resistens. See {Resist}.] Making resistance; resisting. n. One who, or that which, resists. Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
resistant — index antipathetic (oppositional), contumacious, disobedient, dissident, durable, inexorable, infrangible … Law dictionary
resistant — [ri zis′tənt] adj. [L resistens, prp.] offering resistance; resisting n. a person or thing that resists … English World dictionary
resistant — re|sis|tant [rıˈzıstənt] adj 1.) not damaged or affected by something →↑proof resistant to ▪ an infection that s resistant to antibiotics heat resistant/stain resistant/fire resistant etc ▪ shock resistant rubber 2.) opposed to something and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
resistant — adj. resistant to (resistant to change) * * * [rɪ zɪstənt] resistant to (resistant to change) resistant to (resistant to change) … Combinatory dictionary
resistant — [[t]rɪzɪ̱stənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n Someone who is resistant to something is opposed to it and wants to prevent it. Some people are very resistant to the idea of exercise. 2) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If something is resistant to a… … English dictionary
resistant — adjective 1 not damaged or affected by something (+ to): This type of flu is resistant to antibiotics. 2 opposed to something and wanting to prevent it happening (+ to): The Club is resistant to any form of change. 3 heat resistant/fire resistant … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
resistant — re|sis|tant [ rı zıstənt ] adjective 1. ) not harmed or affected by something: resistant to: a disease that is resistant to antibiotics 2. ) opposed to something: resistant to: people who are stubbornly resistant to change … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English