enorm

English

Etymology

Compare French énorme. See enormous.

Adjective

enorm (comparative more enorm, superlative most enorm)

  1. (obsolete) enormous
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for enorm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eˈnɒˀm]

Adjective

enorm

  1. enormous

Inflection

Inflection of enorm
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular enorm — —2
Neuter singular enormt — —2
Plural enorme — —2
Definite attributive1 enorme — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Dutch

Etymology

From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

enorm (not comparable)

  1. enormous

Inflection

Inflection of enorm
uninflected enorm
inflected enorme
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial enorm
indefinite m./f. sing. enorme
n. sing. enorm
plural enorme
definite enorme
partitive enorms

Adverb

enorm

  1. enormously, extremely

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈnɔʁm/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

enorm (comparative enormer, superlative am enormsten)

  1. enormous

Declension

Comparative forms of enorm
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist enormer sie ist enormer es ist enormer sie sind enormer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative enormerer enormere enormeres enormere
genitive enormeren enormerer enormeren enormerer
dative enormerem enormerer enormerem enormeren
accusative enormeren enormere enormeres enormere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der enormere die enormere das enormere die enormeren
genitive des enormeren der enormeren des enormeren der enormeren
dative dem enormeren der enormeren dem enormeren den enormeren
accusative den enormeren die enormere das enormere die enormeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein enormerer eine enormere ein enormeres (keine) enormeren
genitive eines enormeren einer enormeren eines enormeren (keiner) enormeren
dative einem enormeren einer enormeren einem enormeren (keinen) enormeren
accusative einen enormeren eine enormere ein enormeres (keine) enormeren

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French énorme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈnɔʁm/

Adjective

enorm (masculine enormen, neuter enormt, comparative méi enorm, superlative am enormsten)

  1. enormous

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Adjective

enorm (neuter singular enormt, definite singular and plural enorme)

  1. enormous

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis via French énorme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːnɔrm/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

enorm (masculine and feminine enorm, neuter enormt, definite singular and plural enorme, comparative meir enorm, superlative mest enorm)

  1. huge, enormous
    Dei fekk etter kvart eit enormt ansvar.
    They eventually got a huge responsibility.

References

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ēnōrmis through French énorme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈnorm/

Adjective

enórm m, n (feminine singular enormă, masculine plural enormi, feminine and neuter plural enorme)

  1. enormous

Declension

Adverb

enórm

  1. enormously

Swedish

Etymology

From French énorme, from Latin ēnōrmis.

Adjective

enorm

  1. enormous, immense, vast
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