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formidabel

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French formidable.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɔʁmiˈdaːbl̩]
  • Hyphenation: for‧mi‧da‧bel
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Adjective

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formidabel (strong nominative masculine singular formidabler, comparative formidabler, superlative am formidabelsten)

  1. fantastic, outstanding
  2. (dated) fearsome

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French formidable.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foʀmiˈdaːbel/, [foʀmiˈdaːbəl]

Adjective

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formidabel (masculine formidabelen, neuter formidabelt, comparative méi formidabel, superlative am formidabelsten)

  1. fantastic, outstanding

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French formidable, from Latin formidabilis, from formidare (fear).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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formidabel (neuter singular formidabelt, definite singular and plural formidable, comparative mer formidabel or formidablere, superlative mest formidabel or formidablest, / formidableste)

  1. formidable

Usage notes

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The comparatives are usually mer / mest formidabel; the other forms given are decidedly rare.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French formidable, from Latin formidabilis, from formidare (fear).

Adjective

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formidabel (neuter singular formidabelt, definite singular and plural formidable)

  1. formidable

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Swedish

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Adjective

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formidabel (not comparable)

  1. formidable (great, impressive)
    en formidabel reporter
    an excellent reporter
  2. formidable (difficult to overcome)
    en formidabel uppgift
    a formidable task

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Inflection of formidabel
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular formidabel
neuter singular formidabelt
plural formidabla
masculine plural2 formidable
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 formidable
all formidabla

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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