redoubtable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French redoutable (spelled redoubtable in early modern French).

Adjective

redoubtable (comparative more redoubtable, superlative most redoubtable)

Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
The redoubtable New York Times has been called the "newspaper of record" of the United States.
(obsolete) Valiant.

Derived terms

Translations

awe-inspiring

Finnish: kunnianarvoisa
French: redoutable (fr)

Irish: forránta, mórghníomhach
Maori: kaiora, marutuna

French

Adjective

redoubtable (plural redoubtables)

Archaic spelling of redoutable.

Middle French

Adjective

redoubtable m or f (plural redoubtables)

fearsome

Descendants

French: redoutable

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