"breathtaking" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-breathtaking.ogg [US] Forms: more breathtaking [comparative], most breathtaking [superlative]
Etymology: breath + taking Etymology templates: {{compound|en|breath|taking}} breath + taking Head templates: {{en-adj}} breathtaking (comparative more breathtaking, superlative most breathtaking)
  1. stunningly beautiful; amazing Translations (stunningly beautiful): 驚險 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊险 (jīngxiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), úchvatný (Czech), dechberoucí (Czech), adembenemend (Dutch), henkeäsalpaava (Finnish), époustouflant [masculine] (French), à couper le souffle (French), atemberaubend (German), עוצר-נשימה (otzer-neshima) [masculine] (Hebrew), עוצרת-נשימה (otzeret-neshima) [feminine] (Hebrew), lélegzetelállító (Hungarian), mozzafiato (Italian), 息をのむような (iki o nomu yō na) (Japanese), 息をのむほど (iki o nomu hodo) (Japanese), во́збудлив (vózbudliv) (Macedonian), воодушеву́вачки (vooduševúvački) (Macedonian), неверо́јатен (neverójaten) (Macedonian), zapierający dech w piersiach (Polish), de tirar o fôlego (Portuguese), захва́тывающий (zaxvátyvajuščij) (Russian), потряса́ющий (potrjasájuščij) (Russian), koji uzima dah [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), impresionante (Spanish), emocionante (Spanish), asombroso (Spanish), fascinador (Spanish), fascinante (Spanish), makapigil-hininga (Tagalog), nefes kesici (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-breathtaking-en-adj-fhOuNTu2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'stunningly beautiful': 99 1
  2. (by extension) Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment. Tags: broadly Translations (very surprising or shocking): henkeäsalpaava (Finnish), sanoinkuvaamaton (Finnish), époustouflant [masculine] (French), atemberaubend (German), lélegzetelállító (Hungarian), de tirar o fôlego (Portuguese), умопомрачи́тельный (umopomračítelʹnyj) (Russian), потряса́ющий (potrjasájuščij) (Russian), hisnande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-breathtaking-en-adj-zopvkmt8 Disambiguation of 'very surprising or shocking': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: breathtakingly

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "stunningly beautiful",
      "word": "fascinante"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "stunningly beautiful",
      "word": "makapigil-hininga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "stunningly beautiful",
      "word": "nefes kesici"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "word": "henkeäsalpaava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "word": "sanoinkuvaamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "époustouflant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "word": "atemberaubend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "word": "lélegzetelállító"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "word": "de tirar o fôlego"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umopomračítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "word": "умопомрачи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrjasájuščij",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "word": "потряса́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very surprising or shocking",
      "word": "hisnande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breathtaking"
}

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