flagrant
English
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edit- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪɡɹənt
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.
Adjective
editflagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
- 1740, [David Hume], “Of the Measures of Allegiance”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book III (Of Morals), London: […] Thomas Longman, […], →OCLC, part II (Of Justice and Injustice), pages 163–164:
- 'Tis certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals vve never entertain ſuch an abſurdity as that of paſſive obedience, but make allovvances for reſiſtance in the more flagrant inſtances of tyranny and oppreſſion.
- (archaic) On fire; flaming.
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Etymology 2
editFrom Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”).
Adjective
editflagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin flagrantem.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editflagrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural flagrants)
Further reading
edit- “flagrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “flagrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “flagrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “flagrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French flagrant, from Latin flagrāns.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editflagrant (comparative flagranter, superlative flagrantst)
Declension
editDeclension of flagrant | ||||
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uninflected | flagrant | |||
inflected | flagrante | |||
comparative | flagranter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | flagrant | flagranter | het flagrantst het flagrantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | flagrante | flagrantere | flagrantste |
n. sing. | flagrant | flagranter | flagrantste | |
plural | flagrante | flagrantere | flagrantste | |
definite | flagrante | flagrantere | flagrantste | |
partitive | flagrants | flagranters | — |
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin flagrantem.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editflagrant (feminine flagrante, masculine plural flagrants, feminine plural flagrantes)
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edit- “flagrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
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editflagrant (strong nominative masculine singular flagranter, comparative flagranter, superlative am flagrantesten)
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editLatin
editVerb
editflāgrant
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French flagrant.
Adjective
editflagrant m or n (feminine singular flagrantă, masculine plural flagranți, feminine and neuter plural flagrante)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | flagrant | flagrantă | flagranți | flagrante | ||
definite | flagrantul | flagranta | flagranții | flagrantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | flagrant | flagrante | flagranți | flagrante | ||
definite | flagrantului | flagrantei | flagranților | flagrantelor |
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