"redoubtable" meaning in English

See redoubtable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈdaʊ.tə.bəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-redoubtable.wav 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 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: redoubtableness, redoubtably, unredoubtable
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      "sense": "awe-inspiring",
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