abaissant

== French == === Pronunciation === (Europe) IPA(key): /a.bɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /a.be.sɑ̃/ (Quebec) IPA(key): /abɛːsɑ̃/, /abɛːsã/ Homophone: abaissants === Participle === abaissant present participle of abaisser === Adjective === abaissant (feminine abaissante, masculine plural abaissants, feminine plural abaissantes) (dated) degrading, demeaning Synonym: rabaissant 1860, Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, Les Oeuvres et les Hommes, Preface, === Further reading === “abaissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012