imponent
English
Etymology
From Latin impōnēns (“laying aside”), present active participle of impōnō (“I put upon”), from im- + pōnō (“put, place”).
Adjective
imponent (not comparable)
- That imposes a rule.
Noun
imponent (plural imponents)
- One who imposes a rule.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impōnentem.
Adjective
imponent m or f (masculine and feminine plural imponents)
- impressive, imposing
- Synonym: imposant
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Further reading
- “imponent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “imponent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “imponent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “imponent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
impōnent
- third-person plural future active indicative of impōnō