enorme

See also: énorme and ênorme

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈnor.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈnoɾ.me]

Adjective

enorme m or f (masculine and feminine plural enormes)

1. enormous; huge; great

Derived terms

• enormement

Related terms

• enormitat

Further reading

• “enorme” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “enorme”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “enorme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “enorme” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

enorme

1. inflection of enorm:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Anagrams

• moeren, noemer

Esperanto

Etymology

enorma +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnorme/
• Hyphenation: e‧nor‧me

Adverb

enorme

1. enormously

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

enorme

1. inflection of enorm:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ēnormem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnɔr.me/, (traditional) /eˈnor.me/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrme, (traditional) -orme
• Hyphenation: e‧nòr‧me, (traditional) e‧nór‧me

Adjective

enorme (plural enormi)

1. huge, enormous, immense, great

   Synonyms: gigantesco, immenso, grandissimo

Derived terms

• enormemente
• enormità

Anagrams

• menerò, morene, romene

Latin

Adjective

ēnōrme

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of ēnōrmis

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin enormis.

Adjective

enorme m or f (plural enormes)

1. enormous; huge; great

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

enorme

1. definite singular of enorm
2. plural of enorm

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

enorme

1. definite singular of enorm
2. plural of enorm

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈnɔʁ.mi/ [eˈnɔɦ.mi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈnɔʁ.mi/ [eˈnɔɦ.mi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eˈnɔɾ.mi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eˈnɔʁ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈnɔɻ.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈnɔɾ.mɨ/

• Hyphenation: e‧nor‧me

Adjective

enorme m or f (plural enormes)

1. enormous

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin enormis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈnoɾme/ [eˈnoɾ.me]
• Rhymes: -oɾme
• Syllabification: e‧nor‧me

Adjective

enorme m or f (masculine and feminine plural enormes)

1. enormous, huge

   Synonyms: gigante, gigantesco, inmenso

   Antonyms: exiguo, mínimo, pequeño

Derived terms

• enormemente
• enormidad

Further reading

• “enorme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10