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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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tremendous
English
Etymology
From Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”), gerundive of trem? (“to tremble”), + -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???m?nd?s/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /t???m?nd?s/
- Rhymes: -?nd?s
- Hyphenation: tre?men?dous
Adjective
tremendous (comparative more tremendous, superlative most tremendous)
- awe-inspiring; terrific.
- Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
- Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.
- Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great
- There was a tremendous outpouring of support.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic
Derived terms
- tremendously
- tremendousness
Translations
Trivia
One of four common words ending in -dous, which are hazardous, horrendous, stupendous, and tremendous.
References
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