English-French translations for salient

• saillant
  Permettez-moi d'en souligner quelques traits saillants. I would just like to highlight a few salient points.
  Tels sont, à mes yeux, les points les plus saillants. These are what I believe to be the salient points.
  Quels sont les faits saillants de ces six derniers mois? What are the salient features of these last six months?
• pertinent
• saillie

Definition of salient

• Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant
• Prominent; conspicuous
• Depicted in a leaping posture
• Projecting outwards, pointing outwards
• Moving by leaps or springs; jumping
• Shooting or springing out; projecting
• Denoting any angle less than two right angles
• An outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense

Examples

• The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well
• a lion salient
• a salient angle

Related words

• salience
• saliency
• punctum saliens