redoutable

See also: redoûtable

French

Alternative forms

• redoubtable, redoûtable (obsolete)

Etymology

From redouter +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.du.tabl/

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• Homophone: redoutables
• Hyphenation: re‧dou‧table

Adjective

redoutable (plural redoutables)

1. frightening
2. formidable
3. redoubtable

Further reading

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