flagrant
English
Alternative forms
- flagraunt (obsolete, rare)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.
Adjective
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
- a flagrant, unforgivably outrageous disregard for human life
- 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
From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”).
Adjective
flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
- (obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin flagrantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [fləˈɣɾan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [fləˈɣɾant]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [flaˈɣɾant]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [flaˈɣɾan]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Adjective
flagrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural flagrants)
Further reading
- “flagrant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “flagrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “flagrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “flagrant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French flagrant, from Latin flagrāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flaːˈɣrɑnt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fla‧grant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Adjective
flagrant (comparative flagranter, superlative flagrantst)
Declension
| Declension of flagrant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Etymology
From Latin flagrantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fla.ɡʁɑ̃/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file)
Adjective
flagrant (feminine flagrante, masculine plural flagrants, feminine plural flagrantes)
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Further reading
- “flagrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
flagrant (strong nominative masculine singular flagranter, comparative flagranter, superlative am flagrantesten)
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Further reading
- “flagrant” in Duden online
- “flagrant”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
Latin
Verb
flāgrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of flāgrō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French flagrant.
Adjective
flagrant m or n (feminine singular flagrantă, masculine plural flagranți, feminine/neuter plural flagrante)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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