frappant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French frappant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frɑˈpɑnt/, /fraːˈpɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: frap‧pant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

frappant (comparative frappanter, superlative frappantst)

  1. striking; noticeable; remarkable

Usage notes

  • Often used with negative connotations.

Declension

Declension of frappant
uninflected frappant
inflected frappante
comparative frappanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial frappant frappanter het frappantst
het frappantste
indefinite m./f. sing. frappante frappantere frappantste
n. sing. frappant frappanter frappantste
plural frappante frappantere frappantste
definite frappante frappantere frappantste
partitive frappants frappanters
  • frapperen

References

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁa.pɑ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

frappant (feminine frappante, masculine plural frappants, feminine plural frappantes)

  1. striking; noticeable; remarkable
    en contraste frappantin stark contrast

Descendants

  • German: frappant
  • Swedish: frappant
  • Turkish: frapan

Participle

frappant

  1. present participle of frapper

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French frappant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁaˈpant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

frappant (strong nominative masculine singular frappanter, comparative frappanter, superlative am frappantesten)

  1. (more learned, formal) alternative form of frappierend (striking, astonishing, impressive, remarkable)
    eine frappante Ähnlichkeita striking similarity
    ein frappantes Ergebnisa remarkable result

Declension

Further reading

  • frappant” in Duden online
  • frappant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French frappant.

Adjective

frappant (not comparable)

  1. striking (creating a strong impression)
    Synonym: frapperande
    en frappant likhet
    a striking similarity

Declension

Inflection of frappant
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular frappant
neuter singular frappant
plural frappanta
masculine plural2 frappante
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 frappante
all frappanta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

References