impetueux

See also: impétueux

French

Adjective

impetueux (feminine impetueuse, masculine plural impetueux, feminine plural impetueuses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of impétueux

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Old French impetueux, from Late Latin impetuōsus (violent), from Latin impetus (violence).

Adjective

impetueux m (feminine singular impetueuse, masculine plural impetueux, feminine plural impetueuses)

  1. forceful, violent, strong
    un vent impetueux - a violent wind

Old French

Adjective

impetueux m (oblique and nominative feminine singular impetueuse)

  1. forceful; violent; strong

Descendants

  • English: impetuous
  • French: impétueux

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (impetueux, supplement)
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