enorm

English

Etymology

From Middle French enorme. See enormous.

Adjective

enorm (comparative more enorm, superlative most enorm)

1. (obsolete) enormous

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “enorm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Menor, meron, moner, more'n, morne, morné

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [eˈnɒˀm]

Adjective

enorm

1. enormous

Inflection

Inflection of enorm
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	enorm	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	enormt	—	—2
Plural	enorme	—	—2
Definite attributive1	enorme	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

• “enorm” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

enorm (not comparable)

1. enormous

Inflection

Declension of enorm
uninflected	enorm
inflected	enorme
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		enorm
indefinite	m./f. sing.	enorme
	n. sing.	enorm
	plural	enorme
definite		enorme
partitive		enorms

Adverb

enorm

1. enormously, extremely

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnɔʁm/

• Audio:

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Adjective

enorm (comparative enormer, superlative am enormsten)

1. enormous

Further reading

• “enorm” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme and German enorm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnoʀm/, [əˈnoʀm]

Adjective

enorm (masculine enormen, neuter enormt, comparative méi enorm, superlative am enormsten)

1. enormous

Declension

declension of enorm

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass enorm	si ass enorm	et ass enorm	si si(nn) enorm
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	enormen	enorm	enormt	enorm
	independent without determiner			enormes	enormer
dative	after any declined word	enormen	enormer	enormen	enormen
	as first declined word	enormem		enormem

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Adjective

enorm (neuter singular enormt, definite singular and plural enorme)

1. enormous

References

• “enorm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːnɔrm/

Adjective

enorm (neuter enormt, definite singular and plural enorme, comparative meir enorm, superlative mest enorm)

1. huge, enormous

   Dei fekk etter kvart eit enormt ansvar.

   They eventually got a huge responsibility.

Related terms

• enormt

References

• “enorm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis through French énorme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnorm/

Adjective

enórm m or n (feminine singular enormă, masculine plural enormi, feminine and neuter plural enorme)

1. enormous

Declension

Declension of enorm

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	enorm		enormă	enormi	enorme
	definite	enormul		enorma	enormii	enormele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	enorm		enorme	enormi	enorme
	definite	enormului		enormei	enormelor	enormilor

Adverb

enórm

1. enormously

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Swedish

Etymology

From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Adjective

enorm

1. enormous, immense, vast

Anagrams

• ormen, romen