C1adjective
saillant
salient, standing out (feature, point)
Agrees with the noun it describes, in gender and number.
« Le rapport souligne les traits saillants de cette réforme. »
“The report highlights the salient features of this reform.”
In other languages
- Spanish destacado, sobresaliente (rasgo, punto)
- Portuguese saliente, marcante (traço, ponto)
- Arabic بارز (سمة، نقطة)
- German hervorstechend (Merkmal, Punkt)
- Italian saliente, che spicca (tratto, punto)
Related C1 words
sous-jacent · avéré · criant
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