"puissant" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /pɥi.sɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-puissant.ogg Forms: puissante [feminine], puissants [masculine, plural], puissantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Old present participle of the verb pouvoir (formed with the stem puis-; compare the modern form pouvant), from Old French puissant, pussant. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|pouvoir}} pouvoir, {{m|fr|pouvant}} pouvant, {{inh|fr|fro|puissant}} Old French puissant, {{m|fro|pussant}} pussant Head templates: {{fr-adj}} puissant (feminine puissante, masculine plural puissants, feminine plural puissantes)
  1. powerful; mighty Categories (topical): Personality Related terms: pouvoir, puissance
    Sense id: en-puissant-fr-adj-A3HwHqM7 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for puissant meaning in French (1.7kB)

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