mirobolant
French
Etymology
From myrobolan (“myrobalan”), from Latin myrobalanum. The fruit's name is related to mirer (“to stare intensely”) or mirum (“wonder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ʁɔ.bɔ.lɑ̃/
Adjective
mirobolant (feminine singular mirobolante, masculine plural mirobolants, feminine plural mirobolantes)
- great, enormous
- 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, “IX”, in À rebours, page 129:
- Son ennui devint sans borne ; la joie de posséder de mirobolantes floraisons était tarie ; il était déjà blasé sur leur contexture et sur leurs nuances ; […]
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- extremely unrealizable (of a plan, project etc.)
- un projet mirobolant ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
- → Italian: mirabolante
- → Portuguese: mirabolante
- → Romanian: mirobolant
Further reading
- “mirobolant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowing from French mirobolant.
Adjective
mirobolant m, n (feminine singular mirobolantă, masculine plural mirobolanți, feminine and neuter plural mirobolante)
Declension
declension of mirobolant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | mirobolant | mirobolantă | mirobolanți | mirobolante | ||
| definite | mirobolantul | mirobolanta | mirobolanții | mirobolantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | mirobolant | mirobolante | mirobolanți | mirobolante | ||
| definite | mirobolantului | mirobolantei | mirobolanților | mirobolantelor | |||
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