"phenomenal" meaning in English

See phenomenal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɪˈnɒmɪnəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fə-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fɪˈnɑmɪnəl/ [Canada, General-American], /fɪˈnɔmɪnəl/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phenomenal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more phenomenal [comparative], most phenomenal [superlative]
Etymology: phenomenon + -al Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|phenomenon|al}} phenomenon + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} phenomenal (comparative more phenomenal, superlative most phenomenal)
  1. (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing. Tags: colloquial Synonyms (very remarkable): awesome [slang] Translations (remarkable): забележителен (zabeležitelen) (Bulgarian), необикновен (neobiknoven) (Bulgarian), fenomenal (Catalan), 現象級 (Chinese Mandarin), 现象级 (xiànxiàngjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 非凡的 (fēifán de) (Chinese Mandarin), ilmiömäinen (Finnish), phénoménal (French), phänomenal (German), fenomenal (Indonesian), fenomenale (Italian), 驚異的な (kyōiteki na) (alt: きょういてきな) (Japanese), 경이적인 (gyeong'ijeogin) (Korean), ard-yindyssagh (Manx), diyardeyî (Northern Kurdish), fenomenal (Northern Kurdish), fenomenalny (Polish), niezwykły (Polish), arcydobry (Polish), fenomenal (Portuguese), fenomenal (Romanian), феномена́льный (fenomenálʹnyj) (Russian), необыкнове́нный (neobyknovénnyj) (Russian), fenomenal (Spanish), fenomenal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-phenomenal-en-adj-0aMudUPc Disambiguation of 'very remarkable': 98 2 0 Disambiguation of 'remarkable': 95 5 0
  2. (sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience. Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (sciences: perceptible): осезаем (osezaem) (Bulgarian), fenomènic (Catalan), havaittava (Finnish), diyardeyî (Northern Kurdish), fenomenal (Northern Kurdish)
    Sense id: en-phenomenal-en-adj-zU8COVS8 Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'sciences: perceptible': 12 71 17
  3. (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself. Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (philosophy: pertaining to the appearance of the world): fenomènic (Catalan), fenomenaalinen (Finnish), diyardeyî (Northern Kurdish), fenomenal (Northern Kurdish)
    Sense id: en-phenomenal-en-adj-mKJE9djL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 11 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 25 11 64 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'philosophy: pertaining to the appearance of the world': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phænomenal [archaic] Derived forms: phenomenal consciousness, phenomenal world, transphenomenal

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "remarkable",
      "word": "феномена́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neobyknovénnyj",
      "sense": "remarkable",
      "word": "необыкнове́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "remarkable",
      "word": "fenomenal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "remarkable",
      "word": "fenomenal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osezaem",
      "sense": "sciences: perceptible",
      "word": "осезаем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sciences: perceptible",
      "word": "fenomènic"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sciences: perceptible",
      "word": "havaittava"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "sciences: perceptible",
      "word": "diyardeyî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "sciences: perceptible",
      "word": "fenomenal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "philosophy: pertaining to the appearance of the world",
      "word": "fenomènic"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "philosophy: pertaining to the appearance of the world",
      "word": "fenomenaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "philosophy: pertaining to the appearance of the world",
      "word": "diyardeyî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "philosophy: pertaining to the appearance of the world",
      "word": "fenomenal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phenomenal"
}

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