"formidable" meaning in French

See formidable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɔʁ.mi.dabl/ Audio: Fr-formidable.ogg Forms: formidables [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin formīdābilis (“formidable, terrible”), from formīdō (“fear, dread”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|formīdābilis|t=formidable, terrible}} Learned borrowing from Latin formīdābilis (“formidable, terrible”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} formidable (plural formidables)
  1. (dated or literary) fearsome Tags: dated, literary
    Sense id: en-formidable-fr-adj-niIBQYdh Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
  2. fantastic, tremendous
    Sense id: en-formidable-fr-adj-eXwUPlR2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: formidablement

Inflected forms

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