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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French foudroyant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
foudroyant (comparative more foudroyant, superlative most foudroyant)
- Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
1968, W. H. Auden, “The Horatians”, in Collected Poems, Modern Library, published 2007, page 773:[…] As makers go, / compared with Pindar or any / of the great foudroyant masters who don't ever / amend, we are, for all our polish, of little / stature […]
- (medicine) fulminant
French
Etymology
From foudroyer.
Pronunciation
Adjective
foudroyant (feminine foudroyante, masculine plural foudroyants, feminine plural foudroyantes)
- (figurative) rapid
- (figurative) devastating
- (medicine) fulminant; fatal, deadly (coming on quickly and destructively)
Il a contracté une méningite foudroyante.- He contracted a fulminant meningitis.
Participle
foudroyant
- present participle of foudroyer
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French foudroyant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: fou‧dro‧yant
Adjective
foudroyant (strong nominative masculine singular foudroyanter, not comparable)
- (medicine) fulminant
Declension
Positive forms of foudroyant (uncomparable)
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