different between laborious vs formidable
laborious
English
Alternative forms
- labourious (obsolete)
- laborous (obsolete)
- labourous (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French laborios, from Latin laboriosus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??b???i?s/
- Rhymes: -???i?s
Adjective
laborious (comparative more laborious, superlative most laborious)
- Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
- Mentally difficult; painstaking.
- Industrious.
Synonyms
- (requiring effort): painstaking, toilsome, worksome
Derived terms
- laboriously
Related terms
- labor, labour
Translations
laborious From the web:
- what laborious mean
- what's laborious in french
- laboriously what does it mean
- laborious what is the definition
- what does laborious mean
- what does laboriously mean antonym
- what does laboriously mean in english
- what is laborious work
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.
formidable From the web:
- what formidable means
- what's formidable in english
- what formidable sentence
- what's formidable adversary
- what formidable mean in spanish
- formidable what does it mean
- formidable what does it mean in french
- formidable what is the definition
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- laborious vs formidable
- mortified vs bewildered
- unsound vs sickly
- victimise vs lure
- muteness vs peace
- forbid vs preclude
- vision vs nightmare
- casual vs routine
- deceptive vs nugatory
- portion vs grant
- coldhearted vs monstrous
- plentiful vs rich
- misunderstood vs debased
- joining vs association
- imprint vs outline
- impassioned vs ambitious
- mild vs liberal
- reservation vs aloofness
- alert vs effective
- crafty vs false