"imposant" meaning in French

See imposant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-imposant.ogg Forms: imposante [feminine], imposants [masculine, plural], imposantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From imposer. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|imposer}} imposer Head templates: {{fr-adj}} imposant (feminine imposante, masculine plural imposants, feminine plural imposantes)
  1. imposing, impressive
    Sense id: en-imposant-fr-adj-N-e5UJG6

Verb

IPA: /ɛ̃.po.zɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-imposant.ogg
Etymology: From imposer. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|imposer}} imposer Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} imposant
  1. present participle of imposer Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: imposer
    Sense id: en-imposant-fr-verb-aHadW9Op Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for imposant meaning in French (2.3kB)

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