fulminante

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fulminante

  1. inflection of fulminant:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ful.miˈnan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: ful‧mi‧nàn‧te

Participle

fulminante (plural fulminanti)

  1. present participle of fulminare

Adjective

fulminante (plural fulminanti)

  1. fulminating
  2. blazing

Latin

Participle

fulminante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of fulmināns

Spanish

Etymology

From fulminar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fulmiˈnante/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: ful‧mi‧nan‧te

Adjective

fulminante m or f (masculine and feminine plural fulminantes)

  1. sudden, fulminant
    • 2015 November 1, “Columna”, in El País:
      Con sus consecuencias de embrutecimiento y encallecimiento fulminantes.
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  2. blazing
    • 1610, Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio, La Mayor hazaña de Alejandro Magno:
      dos rayos fulminantes su soberbia deshicieron
      two blazing bolts did strike away his haughtiness
  3. cutting
    • 1896, Emilio Castelar, Historia de Europa :
      Apenas acababa de despedirlos, cuando Vergniaud pronunció su maravilloso discurso contra la nueva Monarquía, no menos fulminante que los discursos pronunciados por Mirabeau contra la vieja Monarquía
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    • 2017, Lola Montalvo, Historia de una enfermera:
      Benigno me dispara una fulminante mirada que me hace estremecer.
      Benigno shot a look that could kill, which made me shiver
  4. superb, tremendous

Derived terms

Noun

fulminante m (plural fulminantes)

  1. percussion cap

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