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
editInflection of imposant | |||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte 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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