sanglant

Sanglant is a French adjective meaning bloody or bloodstained, used to describe objects or scenes that are stained with blood or associated with violence. It conveys a sense of gore or brutality and is more vivid than neutral terms such as red or blood-related. The masculine singular form is sanglant, the feminine sanglante, with plural forms sanglants and sanglantes.

Etymology and grammar: sanglant derives from sang (blood) with the adjectival suffix -lant, rooted in Old French and ultimately tracing back to Latin sanguis. As an adjective, it appears in attributive and predicative positions, agreeing in gender and number with the noun it modifies.

Usage: the word commonly appears in literary, journalistic, and descriptive writing to emphasize the severity of violence or the visual impact of blood. Examples include phrases like une scène sanglante or des blessures sanglantes, where the term strengthens the emotional or graphic register of the description.

Nomenclature and scope: there is no widely recognized modern entity, organization, or place officially named Sanglant. When capitalized, Sanglant may appear as a surname or within fictional or historical contexts, but such uses are not standard or exclusive references to a specific, well-known proper noun.

See also: sang, sanguin, sanguine, sanglant etymology.