formidabel

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French formidable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɔʁmiˈdaːbl̩]
  • Hyphenation: for‧mi‧da‧bel
  • (file)

Adjective

formidabel (strong nominative masculine singular formidabler, comparative formidabler, superlative am formidabelsten)

  1. fantastic, outstanding
  2. (dated) fearsome

Declension

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French formidable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foʀmiˈdaːbel/, [foʀmiˈdaːbəl]

Adjective

formidabel (masculine formidabelen, neuter formidabelt, comparative méi formidabel, superlative am formidabelsten)

  1. fantastic, outstanding

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French formidable, from Latin formidabilis, from formidare (fear).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔrmɪˈdɑːbəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːbəl

Adjective

formidabel (neuter singular formidabelt, definite singular and plural formidable, comparative mer formidabel or formidablere, superlative mest formidabel or formidablest, / formidableste)

  1. formidable

Usage notes

The comparatives are usually mer / mest formidabel; the other forms given are decidedly rare.

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French formidable, from Latin formidabilis, from formidare (fear).

Adjective

formidabel (neuter singular formidabelt, definite singular and plural formidable)

  1. formidable

References

Swedish

Adjective

formidabel (not comparable)

  1. formidable (great, impressive)
    en formidabel reporter
    an excellent reporter
  2. formidable (difficult to overcome)
    en formidabel uppgift
    a formidable task

Declension

Inflection of formidabel
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular formidabel
Neuter singular formidabelt
Plural formidabla
Masculine plural3 formidable
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 formidable
All formidabla
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

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