redoubtable

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Adjective
  - 1.2.1 Derived terms
  - 1.2.2 Translations
2 French
- 2.1 Adjective
3 Middle French
- 3.1 Adjective
  - 3.1.1 Descendants

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

Finnish: kunnianarvoisa
French: redoutable (fr)

Irish: forránta, mórghníomhach
Maori: kaiora, marutuna

French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

redoubtable (plural redoubtables)

Archaic spelling of redoutable.

Middle French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

redoubtable m or f (plural redoubtables)

fearsome

Descendants[edit]

French: redoutable

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