imposing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpoʊzɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊzɪŋ
• Hyphenation: im‧pos‧ing

Verb

imposing

1. present participle and gerund of impose

Adjective

imposing (comparative more imposing, superlative most imposing)

1. Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.

Translations

magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity

• Bulgarian: внушителен (bg) (vnušitelen), импозантен (bg) (impozanten)
• Catalan: imponent, imposant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壯觀／壮观 (zh) (zhuàngguān), 雄偉／雄伟 (zh) (xióngwěi)

• Czech: impozantní
• Danish: imposant (da), imponerende, statelig, monumental
• Esperanto: impona
• Finnish: mahtava (fi), näyttävä (fi)
• French: imposant (fr), impressionnant (fr)
• German: imposant (de), beeindruckend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: σοβαρός (sobarós)

• Hungarian: impozáns (hu)
• Italian: imponente (it)
• Macedonian: впе́чатлив (vpéčatliv), импоза́нтен (impozánten)
• Maori: marutuna
• Polish: imponujący (pl)
• Portuguese: imponente (pt)
• Romanian: impozant (ro), măreț (ro), impunător (ro), falnic (ro)
• Russian: внуши́тельный (ru) (vnušítelʹnyj), импоза́нтный (ru) (impozántnyj), впечатля́ющий (ru) (vpečatljájuščij)
• Spanish: imponente (es)