fulminant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulmin(ate) +‎ -ant or fulmine +‎ -ant.

Adjective

fulminant (not comparable)

1. That fulminates.
2. (especially medicine) Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.
   • 1983, Friedrich Deinhardt, Jean Deinhardt, editors, Viral Hepatitis: Laboratory and Clinical Science, Marcel Dekker, page 296:

     Fulminant hepatitis seems to be more common in females than in males (11). […] In contrast to common belief, Chalmers (17) has shown that physical exercise during infectious hepatitis does not increase the risk of a fulminant course of disease.

   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 280:

     When his liver function was measured, an acute, fulminant hepatitis was discovered.

Derived terms

• fulminantly
• nonfulminant
• subfulminant

Translations

coming on quickly and destructively

• Bulgarian: скоротечен (bg) (skorotečen)
• Czech: geniální (cs), brilantní, skvělý (cs) m or n
• French: foudroyant (fr)
• German: fulminant (de)
• Polish: piorunujący (pl)
• Spanish: fulminante (es)

Noun

fulminant (plural fulminants)

1. A thunderbolt.
2. An explosive.
   • 1893, Lowis Jalkson, Ten Centuries of European Progress, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, page 128:

     The excessive danger in handling fulminants was not balanced by any prospective reward.

Catalan

Verb

fulminant

1. gerund of fulminar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyl.mi.nɑ̃/

Participle

fulminant

1. present participle of fulminer

Adjective

fulminant (feminine fulminante, masculine plural fulminants, feminine plural fulminantes)

1. fulminant

Further reading

• “fulminant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Etymology

From Latin fulmināns (“striking with lightning”) via French fulminant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌfʊlmɪˈnant]

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• Hyphenation: ful‧mi‧nant

Adjective

fulminant (strong nominative masculine singular fulminanter, comparative fulminanter, superlative am fulminantesten)

1. splendid, furious
2. (pathology) fulminant

Declension

Positive forms of fulminant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist fulminant sie ist fulminant es ist fulminant sie sind fulminant strong declension (without article) nominative fulminanter fulminante fulminantes fulminante genitive fulminanten fulminanter fulminanten fulminanter dative fulminantem fulminanter fulminantem fulminanten accusative fulminanten fulminante fulminantes fulminante weak declension (with definite article) nominative der fulminante die fulminante das fulminante die fulminanten genitive des fulminanten der fulminanten des fulminanten der fulminanten dative dem fulminanten der fulminanten dem fulminanten den fulminanten accusative den fulminanten die fulminante das fulminante die fulminanten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein fulminanter eine fulminante ein fulminantes (keine) fulminanten genitive eines fulminanten einer fulminanten eines fulminanten (keiner) fulminanten dative einem fulminanten einer fulminanten einem fulminanten (keinen) fulminanten accusative einen fulminanten eine fulminante ein fulminantes (keine) fulminanten Comparative forms of fulminant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist fulminanter sie ist fulminanter es ist fulminanter sie sind fulminanter strong declension (without article) nominative fulminanterer fulminantere fulminanteres fulminantere genitive fulminanteren fulminanterer fulminanteren fulminanterer dative fulminanterem fulminanterer fulminanterem fulminanteren accusative fulminanteren fulminantere fulminanteres fulminantere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der fulminantere die fulminantere das fulminantere die fulminanteren genitive des fulminanteren der fulminanteren des fulminanteren der fulminanteren dative dem fulminanteren der fulminanteren dem fulminanteren den fulminanteren accusative den fulminanteren die fulminantere das fulminantere die fulminanteren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein fulminanterer eine fulminantere ein fulminanteres (keine) fulminanteren genitive eines fulminanteren einer fulminanteren eines fulminanteren (keiner) fulminanteren dative einem fulminanteren einer fulminanteren einem fulminanteren (keinen) fulminanteren accusative einen fulminanteren eine fulminantere ein fulminanteres (keine) fulminanteren Superlative forms of fulminant number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am fulminantesten sie ist am fulminantesten es ist am fulminantesten sie sind am fulminantesten strong declension (without article) nominative fulminantester fulminanteste fulminantestes fulminanteste genitive fulminantesten fulminantester fulminantesten fulminantester dative fulminantestem fulminantester fulminantestem fulminantesten accusative fulminantesten fulminanteste fulminantestes fulminanteste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der fulminanteste die fulminanteste das fulminanteste die fulminantesten genitive des fulminantesten der fulminantesten des fulminantesten der fulminantesten dative dem fulminantesten der fulminantesten dem fulminantesten den fulminantesten accusative den fulminantesten die fulminanteste das fulminanteste die fulminantesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein fulminantester eine fulminanteste ein fulminantestes (keine) fulminantesten genitive eines fulminantesten einer fulminantesten eines fulminantesten (keiner) fulminantesten dative einem fulminantesten einer fulminantesten einem fulminantesten (keinen) fulminantesten accusative einen fulminantesten eine fulminanteste ein fulminantestes (keine) fulminantesten

Further reading

• “fulminant” in Duden online
• “fulminant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “fulminant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Latin

Verb

fulminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of fulminō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulminant.

Adjective

fulminant m or n (feminine singular fulminantă, masculine plural fulminanți, feminine/neuter plural fulminante)

1. fulminant

Declension

Declension of fulminant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fulminant		fulminantă	fulminanți	fulminante
	definite	fulminantul		fulminanta	fulminanții	fulminantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fulminant		fulminante	fulminanți	fulminante
	definite	fulminantului		fulminantei	fulminanților	fulminantelor