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formidable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French formidable, from Latin form?d?bilis (“formidable, terrible”), from form?d? (“fear, dread”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?f???m?d?b?l/, IPA(key): /f????m?d?b?l/
- (UK) IPA(key): /f???m?d?b?l/, /f??m?d?b?l/
Adjective
formidable (comparative more formidable, superlative most formidable)
- Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
- Difficult to defeat or overcome.
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin form?d?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /fo?.mi?da.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /fur.mi?da.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fo?.mi?da.ble/
Adjective
formidable (masculine and feminine plural formidables)
- formidable
Derived terms
- formidablement
Further reading
- “formidable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “formidable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “formidable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “formidable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin form?d?bilis (“formidable, terrible”), from form?d? (“fear, dread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.mi.dabl/
Adjective
formidable (plural formidables)
- (dated or literary) fearsome
- fantastic, tremendous
Further reading
- “formidable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
formidable
- definite singular of formidabel
- plural of formidabel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
formidable
- definite singular of formidabel
- plural of formidabel
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin form?d?bilis.
Adjective
formidable m (feminine singular formidabla, masculine plural formidables, feminine plural formidablas)
- formidable
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin formidabilis.
Adjective
formidable (plural formidables)
- great, fantastic, tremendous
- formidable
Derived terms
- formidablemente
Further reading
- “formidable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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arduous
English
Etymology
From Latin arduus (“lofty, high, steep, hard to reach, difficult, laborious”), akin to Irish ard (“high”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???dju??s/, /???d??u??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /????d??u?s/
Adjective
arduous (comparative more arduous, superlative most arduous)
- Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arduous.
- (obsolete) burning; ardent
- 1805-1814, Dante, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
- 1805-1814, Dante, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
- Difficult or exhausting to traverse.
- 1999, Scott Ciencin, Mike Fredericks, Dinoverse:
- Mike looked up from the arduous mountain trail. They'd been climbing for five hours and he was beginning to feel irritable.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:arduous.
- 1999, Scott Ciencin, Mike Fredericks, Dinoverse:
Synonyms
- burdensome, demanding, exhausting, fatiguing, laborious, onerous, strenuous, strugglesome, wearisome
Derived terms
- arduousness
Related terms
- arduity
Translations
Further reading
- arduous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- arduous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- arduous at OneLook Dictionary Search
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