A four-year-old American tourist was disappointed to realize that, in fact, the Sichuan province is not entirely made of spicy beef, in spite of its famously piquant cuisine.
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Piquant
//ˈpiːkənt//
Synonyms for "piquant" (184 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
cuttingdisquietingdistractingdisturbingelectricelectricalenchantingencouragingenergizingenravishingenthrallingenticingentrancingepigrammaticerwhelmingescharoticexcitingexhilaratingexoticfascinating
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Adjective(2 words)
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Related words (92)
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Adjective(8 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 23 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- pikant adj (engaging; charming)
- pikant adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Belarusian
1 entries- піка́нтны adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Bengali
1 entries- ঝাল adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пикантен adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Burmese
1 entries- စပ် adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Catalan
1 entries- picant adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Dutch
1 entries- pikant adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Estonian
1 entries- pikantne adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Finnish
1 entries- pikantti adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
French
1 entries- piquant adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Georgian
1 entries- პიკანტური adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
German
1 entries- pikant adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Hungarian
1 entries- pikáns adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Ido
1 entries- pik-anta adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Italian
3 entries- piccante adj (engaging; charming)
- piccante adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
- vespigno adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Japanese
1 entries- 辛い adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Korean
1 entries- 맵다 adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Portuguese
2 entries- chamativo adj (engaging; charming)
- interessante adj (engaging; charming)
Romanian
1 entries- picant adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Russian
1 entries- пикантный adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Spanish
1 entries- picante adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Ukrainian
1 entries- піка́нтний adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Welsh
1 entries- sbeislyd adj (favorably stimulating to the palate)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Not very piquant.
Source: tatoeba (10649959)
The piquant aroma of his food made everyone's mouth water.
Source: tatoeba (10982472)
Their husbands […] leave home to seek for more agreeable, may I be allowed to use a significant French word, piquant society […]
Source: wiktionary
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