redoubtable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French redoutable (spelled redoubtable in early modern French).
Adjective[edit]
redoubtable (comparative more redoubtable, superlative most redoubtable)
- Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
- The redoubtable New York Times has been called the "newspaper of record" of the United States.
- (obsolete) Valiant.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
awe-inspiring
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French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
redoubtable (plural redoubtables)
- Archaic spelling of redoutable.
Middle French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
redoubtable m, f (plural redoubtables)
Descendants[edit]
- French: redoutable