redoubtable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French redoutable (spelled redoubtable in early modern French).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈdaʊtəbəl/

Adjective

redoubtable (comparative more redoubtable, superlative most redoubtable)

1. Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.

   The redoubtable New York Times has been called the "newspaper of record" of the United States.

2. (obsolete) Valiant.

Derived terms

• redoubtableness
• redoubtably
• unredoubtable

 

Translations

awe-inspiring

• Bulgarian: страшен (bg) (strašen), респектиращ (bg) (respektirašt)
• Finnish: kunnianarvoisa
• French: redoutable (fr)

• German: ehrfurchterweckend, respekteinflößend (de), ehrfurchtgebietend
• Irish: forránta, mórghníomhach
• Maori: kaiora, marutuna

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French

Adjective

redoubtable (plural redoubtables)

1. Archaic spelling of redoutable.

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Middle French

Adjective

redoubtable m or f (plural redoubtables)

1. fearsome

Descendants

• French: redoutable