Catalan

edit

Etymology

edit

From imposar.

Adjective

edit

imposant m or f (masculine and feminine plural imposants)

  1. impressive, imposing, stately
    Synonym: imponent

Verb

edit

imposant

  1. gerund of imposar

Further reading

edit

Danish

edit

Etymology

edit

From French imposant (imposing), from imposer (impose).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /emposant/, [empʰoˈsanˀd̥]

Adjective

edit

imposant

  1. imposing
  2. (adverbial) imposingly

Inflection

edit
Inflection 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

edit

French

edit

Etymology

edit

From imposer.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

edit

imposant (feminine imposante, masculine plural imposants, feminine plural imposantes)

  1. imposing, impressive

Descendants

edit
  • Danish: imposant
  • German: imposant

Participle

edit

imposant

  1. present participle of imposer

Further reading

edit

German

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from French imposant.

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

imposant (strong nominative masculine singular imposanter, comparative imposanter, superlative am imposantesten)

  1. impressive, imposing
    Synonyms: beeindruckend, eindrucksvoll, majestätisch, monumental

Declension

edit

Further reading

edit
  • imposant” in Duden online
  • imposant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache