"foudroyant" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /fu.dʁwa.jɑ̃/ Forms: foudroyante [feminine], foudroyants [masculine, plural], foudroyantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} foudroyant (feminine foudroyante, masculine plural foudroyants, feminine plural foudroyantes)
  1. (figurative) rapid Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-foudroyant-fr-adj-fuYRiZS1
  2. (figurative) devastating Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-foudroyant-fr-adj-1h9u0TW5
  3. (medicine) fulminant; fatal, deadly (coming on quickly and destructively)
    Sense id: en-foudroyant-fr-adj-ere~BjbZ Categories (other): Medicine, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 34 5 9 38 8 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 66 10 Topics: medicine, sciences

Verb

IPA: /fu.dʁwa.jɑ̃/
Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} foudroyant
  1. present participle of foudroyer Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: foudroyer
    Sense id: en-foudroyant-fr-verb-Wod8lqey

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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        "(figurative) rapid"
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