frappant

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French frappant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /frɑˈpɑnt/, /fraːˈpɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: frap‧pant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

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frappant (comparative frappanter, superlative frappantst)

  1. striking; noticeable; remarkable

Declension

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Declension of frappant
uninflected frappant
inflected frappante
comparative frappanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial frappant frappanter het frappantst
het frappantste
indefinite m./f. sing. frappante frappantere frappantste
n. sing. frappant frappanter frappantste
plural frappante frappantere frappantste
definite frappante frappantere frappantste
partitive frappants frappanters
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References

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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frappant (feminine frappante, masculine plural frappants, feminine plural frappantes)

  1. striking; noticeable; remarkable
    en contraste frappantin stark contrast

Descendants

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  • German: frappant
  • Swedish: frappant
  • Turkish: frapan

Participle

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frappant

  1. present participle of frapper

Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French frappant.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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frappant (strong nominative masculine singular frappanter, comparative frappanter, superlative am frappantesten)

  1. (more learned, formal) Alternative form of frappierend (striking, astonishing, impressive, remarkable)
    eine frappante Ähnlichkeita striking similarity
    ein frappantes Ergebnisa remarkable result

Declension

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Further reading

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  • frappant” in Duden online
  • frappant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French frappant.

Adjective

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frappant (not comparable)

  1. striking (creating a strong impression)
    Synonym: frapperande
    en frappant likhet
    a striking similarity

Declension

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Inflection of frappant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular frappant
Neuter singular frappant
Plural frappanta
Masculine plural3 frappante
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 frappante
All frappanta
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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See also

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