saillant

Meaning

salient, striking, prominent

Example

The most salient fact in the report concerns the continuing fall in staff numbers.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 3 of them.

More words at level C1

• sillage wake, aftermath (in the wake of)
• sonder to sound out, probe, poll
• spécieux specious, plausible but false
• supplanter to supplant, displace, oust
• susciter to arouse, provoke, spark
• tacite tacit, unspoken, implicit
• tangible tangible, concrete, palpable
• tempérer to temper, moderate, tone down

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