fulgurant
English
Adjective
fulgurant (comparative more fulgurant, superlative most fulgurant)
- resembling a lightning flash; fulgurous
Catalan
Etymology
From fulgurar, Latin fulgŭrante.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ful.ɡuˈɾant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ful.ɡuˈɾan/
Adjective
fulgurant (feminine fulguranta, masculine plural fulgurants, feminine plural fulgurantes)
- dazzling
- blistering
Further reading
- “fulgurant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fulgurant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “fulgurant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fulgurant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin fulgur (“lightning”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃/
Participle
fulgurant
- present participle of fulgurer
Adjective
fulgurant (feminine fulgurante, masculine plural fulgurants, feminine plural fulgurantes)
- flashing, dazzling, full of lightning
- quick as a flash, fast as lightning
- (of pain) intense, sharp
- (in regards to the imagination or spirit) striking
Further reading
- “fulgurant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
fulgurant
- third-person plural present active indicative of fulgurō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fulgurant.
Adjective
fulgurant m or n (feminine singular fulgurantă, masculine plural fulguranți, feminine and neuter plural fulgurante)
- fulgurant
Declension
Declension of fulgurant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | fulgurant | fulgurantă | fulguranți | fulgurante | ||
| definite | fulgurantul | fulguranta | fulguranții | fulgurantele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | fulgurant | fulgurante | fulguranți | fulgurante | ||
| definite | fulgurantului | fulgurantei | fulguranților | fulgurantelor | |||
References
- fulgurant in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN