fulgurant

English

Adjective

fulgurant (comparative more fulgurant, superlative most fulgurant)

1. Resembling a lightning flash; fulgurous.

Catalan

Etymology 1

From fulgurar, Latin fulgŭrante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ful.ɣuˈɾan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ful.ɣuˈɾant]

Adjective

fulgurant m or f (masculine and feminine plural fulgurants)

1. dazzling
2. blistering

Further reading

• “fulgurant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fulgurant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fulgurant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fulgurant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

fulgurant

1. gerund of fulgurar

French

Etymology

From Latin fulgur (“lightning”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃/

Participle

fulgurant

1. present participle of fulgurer

Adjective

fulgurant (feminine fulgurante, masculine plural fulgurants, feminine plural fulgurantes)

1. flashing, dazzling, full of lightning
2. quick as a flash, fast as lightning
3. (of pain) intense, sharp
4. (in regards to the imagination or spirit) striking

Further reading

• “fulgurant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

fulgurant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of fulgurō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulgurant.

Adjective

fulgurant m or n (feminine singular fulgurantă, masculine plural fulguranți, feminine and neuter plural fulgurante)

1. fulgurant

Declension

Declension of fulgurant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fulgurant		fulgurantă	fulguranți	fulgurante
	definite	fulgurantul		fulguranta	fulguranții	fulgurantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fulgurant		fulgurante	fulguranți	fulgurante
	definite	fulgurantului		fulgurantei	fulguranților	fulgurantelor

References

• fulgurant in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN