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puissant
English
Etymology
From Middle English puissaunt, from Middle French puissant, poissant, Anglo-Norman puissant, Old French pussant, et al., present participle of pooir (“to be able”), ultimately from Latin posse (“be able”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pw?s(?)nt/, /?pju??s(?)nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?pju?s?nt/, /?pw?s?nt/
Adjective
puissant (comparative more puissant, superlative most puissant)
- (archaic or literary) Powerful, mighty, having authority.
- 1599 — William Shakespeare, Hen V i 2
- Awake remembrance of these valiant dead, / And with your puissant arm renew their feats.
- 1667 — John Milton, Paradise Lost Book I
- For who can yet believe, though after loss,
That all these puissant legions, whose exile
Hath emptied Heaven, shall fail to re-ascend,
Self-raised, and repossess their native seat?
- For who can yet believe, though after loss,
- I cried in a loud voice, "Long live the most puissant king of Lilliput!"
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 24
- How comes all this, if there be not something puissant in whaling?
- 1961 - Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
- In fact the titles could be anything-or (with some of the most puissant) no title at all...
- 1599 — William Shakespeare, Hen V i 2
Related terms
- puissance
Translations
Anagrams
- snapsuit, uitspans
French
Etymology
Old present participle of the verb pouvoir (formed with the stem puis-; compare the modern form pouvant), from Old French puissant, pussant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i.s??/
Adjective
puissant (feminine singular puissante, masculine plural puissants, feminine plural puissantes)
- powerful; mighty
Related terms
- pouvoir
- puissance
Further reading
- “puissant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- poissant
- pussant
Etymology
From the present participle of pooir, povoir, formed with the stem puis- in conjugated forms of the verb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pui?.?sant/
Adjective
puissant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular puissant or puissante)
- powerful; mighty
Declension
Related terms
- puissance
Descendants
- ? English: puissant
- Middle French: puissant
- French: puissant
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forceful
English
Alternative forms
- forcefull (archaic)
Etymology
From force +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??sf?l/
- Hyphenation: force?ful
Adjective
forceful (comparative more forceful, superlative most forceful)
- Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
Synonyms
- forcible
Antonyms
- gentle
Derived terms
- forcefully
Translations
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