flagrant
English edit
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- flagraunt (obsolete, rare)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.
Adjective edit
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
- 1739–1740, [David Hume], A Treatise of Human Nature: […], London: […] John Noon, […], →OCLC; republished as L[ewis] A[mherst] Selby-Bigge, editor, A Treatise of Human Nature […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, 1896, →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to III):
- It is certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals we never entertain such an absurdity as that of passive obedience, but make allowances for resistance in the more flagrant instances of tyranny and oppression.
- (archaic) On fire; flaming.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”).
Adjective edit
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin flagrantem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
flagrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural flagrants)
Further reading edit
- “flagrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “flagrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “flagrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “flagrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French flagrant, from Latin flagrāns.
Pronunciation edit
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flagrant (comparative flagranter, superlative flagrantst)
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Inflection of flagrant | ||||
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uninflected | flagrant | |||
inflected | flagrante | |||
comparative | flagranter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | flagrant | flagranter | het flagrantst het flagrantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | flagrante | flagrantere | flagrantste |
n. sing. | flagrant | flagranter | flagrantste | |
plural | flagrante | flagrantere | flagrantste | |
definite | flagrante | flagrantere | flagrantste | |
partitive | flagrants | flagranters | — |
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin flagrantem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
flagrant (feminine flagrante, masculine plural flagrants, feminine plural flagrantes)
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Further reading edit
- “flagrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
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flagrant (strong nominative masculine singular flagranter, comparative flagranter, superlative am flagrantesten)
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Latin edit
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flāgrant
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French flagrant.
Adjective edit
flagrant m or n (feminine singular flagrantă, masculine plural flagranți, feminine and neuter plural flagrante)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | flagrant | flagrantă | flagranți | flagrante | ||
definite | flagrantul | flagranta | flagranții | flagrantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | flagrant | flagrante | flagranți | flagrante | ||
definite | flagrantului | flagrantei | flagranților | flagrantelor |