ressent

Ressent is a French verb form closely tied to the infinitive ressentir, meaning to feel. It is the third-person singular present indicative: il ressent or elle ressent, meaning “he feels” or “she feels.” It is commonly found in everyday French, for example il ressent de la joie (he feels joy) or elle ressent de la douleur (she feels pain). The past participle of ressentir is ressenti, used with appropriate auxiliary verbs in compound tenses.

Etymology and usage notes: ressentir derives from sentir, “to feel,” with the historical influence of the prefix re-. In modern French, ressent is the standard present-tense stem for the third-person singular form of ressentir, while the full infinitive ressentir and its other conjugations follow regular patterns for -ir verbs.

Ressentiment: a related noun form, ressentiment, refers to a persistent, often indirect resentment or hostility. In philosophy and social theory, the term ressentiment has been used to analyze how suppressed emotions can shape moral judgments and social dynamics. Friedrich Nietzsche popularized the concept in discussions of morality and value formation; since then, ressentiment has been discussed by various philosophers and social scientists as a psychosocial mechanism.

In English usage: ressent is not a standalone English word. When French sentences are presented in English contexts, ressentir is usually translated as “to feel,” and ressentiment is commonly rendered as “resentment” or retained as the French term in scholarly writing. The form ressent itself appears primarily in French text or quotations.