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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOUDROYANT

From French, from foudroyer to strike with lightning, from Old French foudre lightning, from Latin fulgur.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FOUDROYANT

foudroyant  [fuːˈdrɔɪənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOUDROYANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foudroyant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FOUDROYANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foudroyant in the English dictionary

The definition of foudroyant in the dictionary is occurring suddenly and with great severity. Other definition of foudroyant is stunning, dazzling, or overwhelming.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOUDROYANT


ambient
ˈæmbɪənt
Bryant
ˈbraɪənt
buoyant
ˈbɔɪənt
chatoyant
ʃəˈtɔɪənt
clairvoyant
klɛəˈvɔɪənt
client
ˈklaɪənt
compliant
kəmˈplaɪənt
convenient
kənˈviːnɪənt
deviant
ˈdiːvɪənt
flamboyant
flæmˈbɔɪənt
flamboyante
flæmˈbɔɪənt
giant
ˈdʒaɪənt
gradient
ˈɡreɪdɪənt
ingredient
ɪnˈɡriːdɪənt
orient
ˈɔːrɪənt
radiant
ˈreɪdɪənt
recipient
rɪˈsɪpɪənt
transient
ˈtrænzɪənt
unflamboyant
ˌʌnflæmˈbɔɪənt
variant
ˈvɛərɪənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOUDROYANT

fou
Fou-liang
fouat
Foucault
Foucault current
Foucquet
foud
foudrie
fouet
fougade
fougasse
fought
foughty
foul
foul marten
foul play
foul shot
foul up
foul-mouthed
foul-smelling

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOUDROYANT

abeyant
assistant
cant
constant
consultant
elegant
enfant
grant
important
infant
instant
irrelevant
meant
on the instant
pendant
plant
relevant
restaurant
significant
want

Synonyms and antonyms of foudroyant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foudroyant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOUDROYANT

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压倒性
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foudroyant
570 millions of speakers

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foudroyant
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foudroyant
380 millions of speakers
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خاطف
280 millions of speakers

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Foudroyant
278 millions of speakers

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Foudroyant
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foudroyant
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foudroyant
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Foudroyant
190 millions of speakers

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foudroyant
180 millions of speakers

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foudroyant
130 millions of speakers

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foudroyant
85 millions of speakers

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Foudroyant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

foudroyant
80 millions of speakers

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foudroyant
75 millions of speakers

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रक्तरंजित
75 millions of speakers

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foudroyant
70 millions of speakers

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Foudroyant
65 millions of speakers

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foudroyant
50 millions of speakers

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Foudroyant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

foudroyant
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

foudroyant
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

foudroyant
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

foudroyant
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

foudroyant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foudroyant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOUDROYANT»

The term «foudroyant» is regularly used and occupies the 95.186 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOUDROYANT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foudroyant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOUDROYANT»

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The dispatches and letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount ...
PACS To Lieutenant Sargent 28th June 395 To Captain Foote, H. M. Ship Seahorse Foudroyant, Naples Bay, 28th June 395 Proclamation issued at Naples , Foudroyant, Naples Bay, 29th June 390 To the Commanding Officers of the Castles ...
Viscount Horatio Nelson Nelson, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 1845
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The Dispatches And Letters
To Lieutenant Sargent 28th June 395 To Captain Foote, H. M. Ship Seahorse Foudroyant, Naples Bay, 28th June 395 Proclamation issued at Naples, Foudroyant, Naples Bay, 29th June 396 To the Commanding Officers of the Castles Uovo ...
Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 1845
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The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with ...
M. Ship Seahorse Foudroyant, Naples Bay, 28th June 395 Proclamation issued at Naples, Foudroyant, Naples Bay, 29th June 396 To the Commanding Officers of the Castles Uovo and Nuovo, and at the King's Palace . . Foudroyant, Naples ...
Horatio Nelson (1st visct.), sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, 1845
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The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration of ...
To this the Guillaume-Tell replied in a similar manner, and with such effect as to cut away a great deal of the Foudroyant's rigging. Having incautiously arrived up' with so much sail set, the Foudroyant necessarily shot ahead, and could not, ...
William I James, 1837
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The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of ...
To this the Guillaume-Tell replied in a similarmarmer, and with such effect as to cut away a great deal of the Foudroyant's rigging. Having incautiously arrived up with so much sail set, the Foudroyant necessarily shot ahead, and could not, ...
William James, Frederick Chamier, 1837
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The naval history of Great Britain, from ... 1793, to ... ...
To this the Guillaume-Tell replied in a similar manner, and with such effect as to cut away a great deal of the Foudroyant's rigging. Having incautiously arrived up with so much sail set, the Foudroyant necessarily shot ahead, and could not, ...
William James, Frederick Chamier, 1837
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The Gentleman's and London Magazine
pent, tho' three sizes are only mentioned in the list of the Ramilliei, and two in that of the Foudroyant , that there were ten of the number on board the Ramilliei on the quarter deck and forecastle, which carried six founds only, and on board the ...
‎1741
8
Medals of the British Navy and how they were won:
At six am. the "Foudroyant" came up under a crowd of sail, and Sir E. Berry hailed Decres to strike, to which he replied by waving his sword, and discharging a treble-shotted broadside, which cut the "Foudroyant's" rigging to pieces. Sir Edward ...
WH Long, 2010
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Naval Operations of the Campaign in Norway, April-June 1940
Brigadier Fraser embarked in the Somali in the evening of the 13th, when she had finished her part in the Bjerkvik landing, and she sailed from Tjeldsundet with the French destroyer Foudroyant next morning. They were to visit Mo, that the ...
David Brown, 1951
10
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves
An action, celebrated in naval song, was that between the Monmouth, of 64 guns, commanded by Captain Gardiner, and the Foudroyant, of 84 guns. Captain Gardiner had been flag-captain to Admiral Byng in the action off Minorca, in which ...
William H. G. Kingston, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOUDROYANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foudroyant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Malta, Nelson and a cuckolded English aristocrat's tortured soul
In January 1800, Lord Nelson sailed to Malta on HMS Foudroyant, with Sir William and Lady Emma in tow, in the pious hope that the French ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
2
Rêves prémonitoires: peut-on (vraiment) voir le futur en dormant?
Le lendemain, ma grand-mère nous a passé un coup de fil pour nous dire que mon grand-père était mort d'un infarctus foudroyant, alors qu'il ... «L'Express, Jun 15»
3
The day the HMS Trincomalee sailed into Hartlepool
Restoration beckoned in her retirement and in July 1987 she was transported to Hartlepool - aided by the Foudroyant Trust and Hampshire ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jun 15»
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New book reveals the inside story of Hartlepool's visitor attraction …
It had a change of name to Foudroyant, a French term for thunder and lightning, on becoming a training ship from 1900 until the mid-1980s but ... «ChronicleLive, Jun 15»
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HMS Pinafore at the Mary Rose Museum, Historic Dockyard
One of the greatest memories for me is when we performed HMS Pinafore on board TS Foudroyant. The audience had to go out there by boat. «Portsmouth News, Jun 15»
6
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba
... léger : concrètement, il reste rivé à sa pédale wah-wah et accélère le rythme, démarre même pied au plancher avec le foudroyant Siran Fen. «Télérama.fr, May 15»
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Nigeria : la "mystérieuse maladie" était une intoxication au gin …
La pathologie inquiétait en effet les autorités nigérianes aussi à cause de son caractère foudroyant. Selon Kayode Akinmade, porte-parole de ... «Pourquoi Docteur ?, Apr 15»
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Internet : un nouvel art de la révolte ?
... d'agir eux aussi en dehors du droit pour, comme disait Blanqui à propos de l'insurrection, se livrer à un « acte foudroyant de souveraineté ». «Mediapart, Mar 15»
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Le shaker s'invite à table
Au Dauphin, Inaki Aizpitarte a concocté un menu foudroyant, brisant les barrières entre verre et assiette, pour construire chaque plat comme un ... «Le Monde, Mar 15»
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F365's Top Ten Footballing Excuses
When one of Nelson's flagships, the Foudroyant, was beached off Blackpool in 1897, the football club used wood from the ship when building ... «Football365.com, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Foudroyant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/foudroyant>. May 2024 ».
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