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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

Usage notes

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  • Often used with negative connotations.

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
  • Hungarian: frappáns
  • 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[1] (in German)

    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 superlative1
    common singular frappant
    neuter singular frappant
    plural frappanta
    masculine plural2 frappante
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 frappante
    all frappanta

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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    See also

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    References

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