formidable

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French (deprecated template usage) formidable, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin formīdābilis (“formidable, terrible”), from formīdō (“fear, dread”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːɹmɪdəbəl/, (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /fɔːɹˈmɪdəbəl/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /fəˈmɪdəbəl/
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  Audio (US):

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Adjective

formidable (comparative more formidable, superlative most formidable)

1. causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment
2. difficult to defeat or overcome
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Translations

causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality

• Armenian: ահեղ (aheġ), ահարկու (aharku)
• Belarusian: грозны (hrózny)
• Bulgarian: страховит (bg) (strahovít), страхотен (bg) (strahóten)
• Czech: hrozný, ohromný m, ohromující, úžasný
• Dutch: ontzagwekkend
• Finnish: mahtava (fi), valtava (fi), vaikuttava (fi)
• French: formidable (fr)
• German: respekteinflößend
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• Maori: kaiora, marutuna
• Norwegian: formidabel
• Polish: groźny (pl)
• Portuguese: formidável (pt)
• Romanian: formidabil (ro), groaznic (ro)
• Russian: гро́зный (ru) (gróznyj), устраша́ющий (ru) (ustrašájuščij), внуши́тельный (ru) (vnušítelʹnyj), чудо́вищный (ru) (čudóviščnyj) (monstrous)
• Slovak: hrozný
• Swedish: fruktansvärd (sv)
• Ukrainian: грізний (hríznyj)

difficult to defeat or overcome

• Armenian: հսկայական (hskayakan)
• Czech: nepřekonatelný m
• Dutch: formidabel
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• Indonesian: hebat (id)
• Norwegian: formidabel
• Russian: труднопреодоли́мый (ru) (trudnopreodolímyj), трудноразреши́мый (ru) (trudnorazrešímyj)
• Swedish: formidabel (sv)

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin formīdābilis (“formidable, terrible”), from formīdō (“fear, dread”).

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /fɔʁmidabl/

Adjective

formidable (plural formidables)

1. (deprecated template usage) (dated or literary) fearsome
2. fantastic, tremendous

External links

• “formidable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

formidable

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of formidabel
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of formidabel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

formidable

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of formidabel
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of formidabel

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Spanish

Adjective

formidable m or f (masculine and feminine plural formidables)

1. great, fantastic, tremendous
2. formidable