fascinante

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.si.nɑ̃t/

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Adjective

fascinante

1. feminine singular of fascinant

Anagrams

• finançâtes

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fas.kɪˈnan.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [faʃ.ʃiˈnan.te]

Participle

fascinante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of fascināns

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin fascinum

Latin -ō

Latin fascinārebor.

Portuguese fascinar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -āns

Old Galician-Portuguese -ante

Portuguese -ante

Portuguese fascinante

From fascinar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.siˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful) /fɐʃ.siˈnɐ̃.tɨ/, /fɐ.ʃiˈnɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: fas‧ci‧nan‧te

Adjective

fascinante m or f (plural fascinantes)

1. fascinating

Further reading

• “fascinante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fascinante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fasθiˈnante/ [fas.θiˈnãn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fasiˈnante/ [fa.siˈnãn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: fas‧ci‧nan‧te

Adjective

fascinante m or f (masculine and feminine plural fascinantes)

1. fascinating

Derived terms

• fascinantemente

Related terms

• fascinar

Further reading

• “fascinante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025