imposant

Catalan

Etymology

From imposar.

Adjective

imposant m or f (masculine and feminine plural imposants)

1. impressive, imposing

   Synonym: imponent

Verb

imposant

Further reading

• “imposant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “imposant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “imposant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “imposant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Danish

Etymology

From French imposant (“imposing”), from imposer (“impose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emposant/, [empʰoˈsanˀd̥]

Adjective

imposant

1. imposing
2. (adverbial) imposingly

Inflection

Inflection of imposant
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	imposant	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	imposant	—	—2
Plural	imposante	—	—2
Definite attributive1	imposante	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Verb

imposant

1. present participle of imposer

Adjective

imposant (feminine imposante, masculine plural imposants, feminine plural imposantes)

1. imposing, impressive

Further reading

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

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German

Etymology

From French imposant

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

imposant (comparative imposanter, superlative am imposantesten)

1. impressive, imposing

Synonyms

• beeindruckend, eindrucksvoll, majestätisch, monumental

Further reading

• “imposant” in Duden online