fulminant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulminate +‎ -ant or fulmine +‎ -ant.

Adjective

fulminant (not comparable)

1. That fulminates.
2. (especially medicine) Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.
   • 1983, Friedrich Deinhardt, Jean Deinhardt, editors, Viral Hepatitis: Laboratory and Clinical Science, Marcel Dekker, page 296:

     Fulminant hepatitis seems to be more common in females than in males (11). […] In contrast to common belief, Chalmers (17) has shown that physical exercise during infectious hepatitis does not increase the risk of a fulminant course of disease.

   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 280:

     When his liver function was measured, an acute, fulminant hepatitis was discovered.

Derived terms

• fulminantly
• nonfulminant
• subfulminant

Translations

coming on quickly and destructively

• Bulgarian: скоротечен (bg) (skorotečen)
• Czech: geniální (cs), brilantní, skvělý (cs) m or n
• French: foudroyant (fr)
• German: fulminant (de)
• Polish: piorunujący (pl)
• Spanish: fulminante (es)

Noun

fulminant (plural fulminants)

1. A thunderbolt.
2. An explosive.
   • 1893, Lowis Jalkson, Ten Centuries of European Progress, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, page 128:

     The excessive danger in handling fulminants was not balanced by any prospective reward.

Catalan

Verb

fulminant

1. gerund of fulminar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyl.mi.nɑ̃/

Participle

fulminant

1. present participle of fulminer

Adjective

fulminant (feminine fulminante, masculine plural fulminants, feminine plural fulminantes)

1. fulminant

Further reading

• “fulminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌfʊlmɪˈnant]

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• Hyphenation: ful‧mi‧nant

Etymology

From Latin fulmināns (“striking with lightning”) via French fulminant.

Adjective

fulminant (strong nominative masculine singular fulminanter, comparative fulminanter, superlative am fulminantesten)

1. splendid, furious
2. (pathology) fulminant

Declension

Positive forms of fulminant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist fulminant	sie ist fulminant	es ist fulminant	sie sind fulminant
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fulminanter	fulminante	fulminantes	fulminante
	genitive	fulminanten	fulminanter	fulminanten	fulminanter
	dative	fulminantem	fulminanter	fulminantem	fulminanten
	accusative	fulminanten	fulminante	fulminantes	fulminante
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fulminante	die fulminante	das fulminante	die fulminanten
	genitive	des fulminanten	der fulminanten	des fulminanten	der fulminanten
	dative	dem fulminanten	der fulminanten	dem fulminanten	den fulminanten
	accusative	den fulminanten	die fulminante	das fulminante	die fulminanten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fulminanter	eine fulminante	ein fulminantes	(keine) fulminanten
	genitive	eines fulminanten	einer fulminanten	eines fulminanten	(keiner) fulminanten
	dative	einem fulminanten	einer fulminanten	einem fulminanten	(keinen) fulminanten
	accusative	einen fulminanten	eine fulminante	ein fulminantes	(keine) fulminanten

Comparative forms of fulminant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist fulminanter	sie ist fulminanter	es ist fulminanter	sie sind fulminanter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fulminanterer	fulminantere	fulminanteres	fulminantere
	genitive	fulminanteren	fulminanterer	fulminanteren	fulminanterer
	dative	fulminanterem	fulminanterer	fulminanterem	fulminanteren
	accusative	fulminanteren	fulminantere	fulminanteres	fulminantere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fulminantere	die fulminantere	das fulminantere	die fulminanteren
	genitive	des fulminanteren	der fulminanteren	des fulminanteren	der fulminanteren
	dative	dem fulminanteren	der fulminanteren	dem fulminanteren	den fulminanteren
	accusative	den fulminanteren	die fulminantere	das fulminantere	die fulminanteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fulminanterer	eine fulminantere	ein fulminanteres	(keine) fulminanteren
	genitive	eines fulminanteren	einer fulminanteren	eines fulminanteren	(keiner) fulminanteren
	dative	einem fulminanteren	einer fulminanteren	einem fulminanteren	(keinen) fulminanteren
	accusative	einen fulminanteren	eine fulminantere	ein fulminanteres	(keine) fulminanteren

Superlative forms of fulminant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am fulminantesten	sie ist am fulminantesten	es ist am fulminantesten	sie sind am fulminantesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	fulminantester	fulminanteste	fulminantestes	fulminanteste
	genitive	fulminantesten	fulminantester	fulminantesten	fulminantester
	dative	fulminantestem	fulminantester	fulminantestem	fulminantesten
	accusative	fulminantesten	fulminanteste	fulminantestes	fulminanteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der fulminanteste	die fulminanteste	das fulminanteste	die fulminantesten
	genitive	des fulminantesten	der fulminantesten	des fulminantesten	der fulminantesten
	dative	dem fulminantesten	der fulminantesten	dem fulminantesten	den fulminantesten
	accusative	den fulminantesten	die fulminanteste	das fulminanteste	die fulminantesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein fulminantester	eine fulminanteste	ein fulminantestes	(keine) fulminantesten
	genitive	eines fulminantesten	einer fulminantesten	eines fulminantesten	(keiner) fulminantesten
	dative	einem fulminantesten	einer fulminantesten	einem fulminantesten	(keinen) fulminantesten
	accusative	einen fulminantesten	eine fulminanteste	ein fulminantestes	(keine) fulminantesten

Further reading

• “fulminant” in Duden online
• “fulminant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “fulminant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Latin

Verb

fulminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of fulminō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulminant.

Adjective

fulminant m or n (feminine singular fulminantă, masculine plural fulminanți, feminine/neuter plural fulminante)

1. fulminant

Declension

Declension of fulminant

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fulminant		fulminantă		fulminanți	fulminante
	definite	fulminantul		fulminanta		fulminanții	fulminantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fulminant		fulminante		fulminanți	fulminante
	definite	fulminantului		fulminantei		fulminanților	fulminantelor