fulminant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulminant, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”).

Adjective

fulminant (not comparable)

1. That fulminates.
2. (especially medicine) Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.

Translations

coming on quickly and destructively

• Bulgarian: скоротечен (bg) (skorotečen)
• Czech: geniální (cs), brilantní, skvělý (cs) m or n
• French: foudroyant (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: fulminant (de)
• Spanish: fulminante (es)

Noun

fulminant (plural fulminants)

1. A thunderbolt.
2. An explosive.

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French

Verb

fulminant

1. present participle of fulminer

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fulminant (comparative fulminanter, superlative am fulminantesten)

1. splendid, furious
2. (pathology) fulminant

Further reading

• “fulminant” in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fulminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of fulminō