formidabel

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French formidable.

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. fantastic, outstanding
  2. (dated) fearsome

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French formidable.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. fantastic, outstanding

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. formidable

Usage notes

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. formidable

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Swedish

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Adjective

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formidabel (not comparable)

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

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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

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