"redoubtable" meaning in All languages combined

See redoubtable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈdaʊ.tə.bəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-redoubtable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more redoubtable [comparative], most redoubtable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French redoutable (spelled redoubtable in early modern French). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|redoutable}} French redoutable, {{m|fr|redoubtable}} redoubtable Head templates: {{en-adj}} redoubtable (comparative more redoubtable, superlative most redoubtable)
  1. Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring. Translations (awe-inspiring): страшен (strašen) (Bulgarian), респектиращ (respektirašt) (Bulgarian), 令人生畏的 (Chinese Mandarin), budící respekt (Czech), obávaný (Czech), kunnianarvoisa (Finnish), redoutable (French), ehrfurchterweckend (German), respekteinflößend (German), ehrfurchtgebietend (German), forránta (Irish), mórghníomhach (Irish), kaiora (Maori), marutuna (Maori), wzbudzający respekt (Polish)
    Sense id: en-redoubtable-en-adj-uKTJy7uB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'awe-inspiring': 97 3
  2. (obsolete) Valiant. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-redoubtable-en-adj-bfPfEblR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: redoubtableness, redoubtably, unredoubtable

Adjective [French]

Forms: redoubtables [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} redoubtable (plural redoubtables)
  1. Archaic spelling of redoutable. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: redoutable
    Sense id: en-redoubtable-fr-adj-g3ASHwZA Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Middle French]

Forms: redoubtables [plural]
Head templates: {{head|frm|adjective|plural|redoubtables||mf||redoubtables||{{{mp2}}}||redoubtablees|f1accel-form=p|f2accel-form=f|s|f3accel-form=m|p|f5accel-form=f|p|g=m|g2=f|head=}} redoubtable m or f (plural redoubtables), {{frm-adj|mf}} redoubtable m or f (plural redoubtables)
  1. fearsome Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-redoubtable-frm-adj-niIBQYdh Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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