foudroyant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French foudroyant.
Pronunciation
- enPR: fo͞o-droi'ənt, IPA(key): /fuˈdɹɔɪənt/
Adjective
foudroyant (comparative more foudroyant, superlative most foudroyant)
- Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
- 1968, W. H. Auden, “The Horatians,” Collected Poems, Modern Library (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 […]
- 1968, W. H. Auden, “The Horatians,” Collected Poems, Modern Library (2007), page 773:
- (medicine) fulminant
French
Etymology
From foudroyer.
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
Further reading
- “foudroyant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French foudroyant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fudro̯aˈjant]
- Hyphenation: fou‧dro‧yant
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Adjective
foudroyant (strong nominative masculine singular foudroyanter, not comparable)
- (medicine) fulminant
Declension
Positive forms of foudroyant (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist foudroyant | sie ist foudroyant | es ist foudroyant | sie sind foudroyant | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | foudroyanter | foudroyante | foudroyantes | foudroyante |
| genitive | foudroyanten | foudroyanter | foudroyanten | foudroyanter | |
| dative | foudroyantem | foudroyanter | foudroyantem | foudroyanten | |
| accusative | foudroyanten | foudroyante | foudroyantes | foudroyante | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der foudroyante | die foudroyante | das foudroyante | die foudroyanten |
| genitive | des foudroyanten | der foudroyanten | des foudroyanten | der foudroyanten | |
| dative | dem foudroyanten | der foudroyanten | dem foudroyanten | den foudroyanten | |
| accusative | den foudroyanten | die foudroyante | das foudroyante | die foudroyanten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein foudroyanter | eine foudroyante | ein foudroyantes | (keine) foudroyanten |
| genitive | eines foudroyanten | einer foudroyanten | eines foudroyanten | (keiner) foudroyanten | |
| dative | einem foudroyanten | einer foudroyanten | einem foudroyanten | (keinen) foudroyanten | |
| accusative | einen foudroyanten | eine foudroyante | ein foudroyantes | (keine) foudroyanten | |
Further reading
- “foudroyant” in Duden online