No. 11,508 in French
riant
Cheerful, smiling, or delightful.
In a sentence
Il m'a montré une photo de lui, riant aux éclats.
He showed me a photo of himself, laughing heartily.
Here, 'riant' is used as a present participle to describe an action (laughing) associated with the subject 'himself'.
Nous avons admiré le paysage riant du sud de la France.
We admired the cheerful landscape of southern France.
In this usage, 'riant' is an adjective describing the landscape as cheerful or lively.
En riant, elle a réussi à détendre l'atmosphère.
By laughing, she managed to lighten up the atmosphere.
Here, 'riant' is part of a gerund phrase ('en riant') conveying an action happening concurrently with the main verb ('managed').
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