imponent

English

Etymology

From Latin impōnēns (“laying aside”), present active participle of impōnō (“to put upon”), from im- + pōnō (“put, place”).

Adjective

imponent (not comparable)

1. That imposes a rule.

Noun

imponent (plural imponents)

1. One who imposes a rule.

Related terms

• impose, imposing

Anagrams

• point men, pointmen

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin impōnentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [im.puˈne̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [im.poˈnent]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.puˈnen]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [im.poˈnen]

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Adjective

imponent m or f (masculine and feminine plural imponents)

1. impressive, imposing

   Synonym: imposant

Related terms

• imposar

Further reading

• “imponent”, 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
• “imponent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “imponent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “imponent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Latin

Verb

impōnent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of impōnō