"magnificent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/ Audio: en-us-magnificent.ogg Forms: more magnificent [comparative], most magnificent [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English magnificent, from Middle French magnificent, from Latin magnificentior, comparative of magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid, etc.”), from magnus (“great”) + -ficēns, a form of -ficiēns, the regular form, in compounds, of faciēns, a participle of facere (“to do”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|magnificent}} Middle English magnificent, {{der|en|frm|magnificent}} Middle French magnificent, {{der|en|la|magnificentior}} Latin magnificentior Head templates: {{en-adj}} magnificent (comparative more magnificent, superlative most magnificent)
  1. Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance. Translations (grand, elegant or splendid in appearance): μεγαλοπρεπής (megaloprepḗs) (Ancient Greek), عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm) (Arabic), رَائِع (rāʔiʕ) (Arabic), عضيم (ʕḍim) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), فن (fən) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), փառահեղ (pʻaṙaheġ) (Armenian), վեհաշուք (vehašukʻ) (Armenian), պերճ (perč) (Armenian), великолепен (velikolepen) (Bulgarian), magnífic (Catalan), 壯麗 (Chinese Mandarin), 壮丽 (zhuànglì) (Chinese Mandarin), 堂皇 (tánghuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), prachtig (Dutch), belega (Esperanto), suurenmoinen (Finnish), hieno (Finnish), upea (Finnish), mahtava (Finnish), magnifique (French), famôs (Friulian), magnífico (Galician), prächtig (German), μεγαλοπρεπής (megaloprepís) (Greek), נֶהְדָּר (nehdár) [masculine] (Hebrew), शानदार (śāndār) (Hindi), भव्य (bhavya) [masculine] (Hindi), गौरवशाली (gauravśālī) [masculine] (Hindi), विराट (virāṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), magnifico (Italian), 素晴しい (subarashii) (alt: すばらしい) (Japanese), 장엄한 (jang'eom-han) (Korean), kšasny (Lower Sorbian), велико́лепен (velikólepen) (Macedonian), пре́красен (prékrasen) (Macedonian), ഗംഭീരമായ (gambhīramāya) (Malayalam), whakahirahira (Maori), ورجاوند (varjâvand) (Persian), magnífico (Portuguese), великоле́пный (velikolépnyj) (Russian), величанствен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), veličanstven [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), magnífico (Spanish), macanudo (Spanish), storartad (Swedish), magnifik (Swedish), tráng lệ (Vietnamese), mirlifike (Walloon), arddun (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-magnificent-en-adj-1vInIHZG Disambiguation of 'grand, elegant or splendid in appearance': 92 6 1
  2. Grand or noble in action. Translations (grand or noble in action): προστατικός (prostatikós) (Ancient Greek), величествен (veličestven) (Bulgarian), suurenmoinen (Finnish), mahtava (Finnish), вели́чествен (velíčestven) (Macedonian)
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  3. Exceptional for its kind. Translations (exceptional for its kind): suurenmoinen (Finnish), upea (Finnish), ausgezeichnet (German), ഗംഭീരമായ (gambhīramāya) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-magnificent-en-adj-UcsItKvH Disambiguation of 'exceptional for its kind': 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: magnificent bird of paradise, magnificent frigate bird, magnificent frigatebird, magnificent seven, magnificently, supermagnificent Related terms: magnificence, beneficent, maleficent, munificent, omnificent

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veličestven",
      "sense": "grand or noble in action",
      "word": "величествен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grand or noble in action",
      "word": "suurenmoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "grand or noble in action",
      "word": "mahtava"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prostatikós",
      "sense": "grand or noble in action",
      "word": "προστατικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "velíčestven",
      "sense": "grand or noble in action",
      "word": "вели́чествен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exceptional for its kind",
      "word": "suurenmoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exceptional for its kind",
      "word": "upea"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exceptional for its kind",
      "word": "ausgezeichnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "gambhīramāya",
      "sense": "exceptional for its kind",
      "word": "ഗംഭീരമായ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "magnificent"
}

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