saillant

"salient" is only used by very educated people. I've never even heard it used in conversation other than by a historian or other literary person when being interviewed. It appears often in academic writing -- "the salient points, features, etc." It's the same usage in French but is it more commonly used in conversation?

It is then defined as "prominent, protruding, jutting" -- "C'est l'homme au nez saillant - It's the man with the prominent nose." Is this usage heard?

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Permalink Reply by Chantal Savignat on March 14, 2013 at 1:03am

In France, "saillant" is known, but not often used. The 3 more known and used associations I have already heard are :

"des muscles saillants"

"des pommettes saillantes" (cheekbones)

and in maths class, there are "des angles saillants"

in other meanings, it's rarely used, I've never heard.

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Permalink Reply by Yannick on March 14, 2013 at 3:05pm

An addition to chantal comments

Saillant is mainly used in construction or in the industry (ex the edge of sheet metal parts )