imposant
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom imposar.
Adjective
editimposant m or f (masculine and feminine plural imposants)
- impressive, imposing, stately
- Synonym: imponent
Verb
editimposant
Further reading
edit- “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.
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom French imposant (“imposing”), from imposer (“impose”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editimposant
- imposing
- (adverbial) imposingly
Inflection
editpositive | comparative | superlative | |
---|---|---|---|
indefinite 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.
Further reading
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom imposer.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editimposant (feminine imposante, masculine plural imposants, feminine plural imposantes)
Descendants
editParticiple
editimposant
Further reading
edit- “imposant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French imposant.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editimposant (strong nominative masculine singular imposanter, comparative imposanter, superlative am imposantesten)
- impressive, imposing
- Synonyms: beeindruckend, eindrucksvoll, majestätisch, monumental
Declension
editPositive forms of imposant
Comparative forms of imposant
Superlative forms of imposant
Further reading
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- Rhymes:German/ant
- Rhymes:German/ant/3 syllables
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