• IPA^(key): /də.vɑ̃/

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Fromde +‎avant.

devant

1. confrontedwith,facedwith
2. in front of,before

   Antonym:derrière

3. outside

• au-devant de
• devancer
• devant l’Éternel
• sens devant derrière

devant

1. in front, at the front

   Il marchaitdevant.

   He was walkingin front.

   Mets-toidevant !

   Standin front!

devant m (pluraldevants)

1. front

• prendre les devants
• sur le devant de la scène

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

devant

1. presentparticiple ofdevoir

• “devant”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• devãt(some manuscripts)

devant

1. in front of;before
2. before (with respect to time)
   • 1488, Jean Dupré,Lancelot du Lac, page23:

     devant que tu partes perdras le poing en lieu de mon escu

     before you leave you will lose your hand for my shield [which you lost]

devant

1. in front of
   • c.1170,Chrétien de Troyes,Érec et Énide:

     Etdevant aus un nain boçu

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

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