Grammatical class
Adjective
perçant
piercing, shrill
Details
Syllables
per-çant
Phonetics
pɛʁ.sɑ̃
Grammatical class
Adjective
Freq. (books)
15309
Freq. (movies)
29153
Freq. (news)
34229
Variants
Sentences
Tout à coup, j'ai entendu un cri perçant.
All at once, I heard a shrill cry.
B1
"Au meurtre !" s'écria la malheureuse en poussant un cri perçant.
"Murder!", screamed the poor woman in a loud shriek.
B2
Un cri perçant
A piercing cry
C2