flamboyant

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• Received-Pronunciation: /flamˈbɔɪ.ənt/
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• General-American: /flæmˈbɔɪ.(j)ənt/
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• Australian: /flæmˈbɔɪ.(j)ənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: F L AE0 M B OY1 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery.

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ярък (jarǎk) — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Bulgarian: цветист (cvetist) — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Bulgarian: пищен (pišten) — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Catalan: flamant — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Catalan: aparatós — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Danish: flamboyant — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Dutch: extravagant — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Dutch: flamboyant — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Finnish: pramea — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Finnish: mahtaileva — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• French: extravagant — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• German: extravagant — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• German: prächtig — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• German: üppig — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• German: überladen — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• German: grell — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• German: schrill — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• German: auffallend — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• German: farbenprächtig — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Irish: péacógach — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Irish: taibhseach — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Irish: stráiciúil — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Irish: gáifeach — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Italian: stravagante — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Māori: hahaki — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Māori: whakameremere — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Polish: kwiecisty — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Polish: krzykliwy — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Polish: przesadny — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Portuguese: extravagante — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Romanian: flamboiant — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Romanian: extravagant — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Russian: напы́щенный (napýščennyj) — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Russian: эпата́жный (epatážnyj) — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Russian: цвети́стый (cvetístyj) — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Russian: я́ркий (járkij) — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Spanish: extravagante — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Spanish: exuberante — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Spanish: vistoso — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Spanish: ostentoso — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Spanish: churrigueresco — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Turkish: gösterişli — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Turkish: havalı — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Turkish: abartılı — showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 炫耀 (xuànyào) — referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
• Danish: flamboyant — referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
• Dutch: flamboyant — referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
• Finnish: mahtaileva — referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
• French: flamboyant — referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
• Romanian: flamboiant — referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
• Russian: пламене́ющий (plamenéjuščij) — referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
• Spanish: flamígero — referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries
• Assamese: কৃষ্ণচূড়া (krisnosura) — tree
• Bambara: tùbabunɛrɛ — tree
• Bengali: কৃষ্ণচূড়া (kriśnocuṛa) — tree
• Burmese: စိန်ပန်းပင် (cinpan:pang) — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 鳳凰木 /凤凰木 (fènghuángmù) — tree
• Dutch: flamboyant — tree
• Finnish: liekkipuu — tree
• French: flamboyant — tree
• German: Flammenbaum — tree
• Hindi: गुलमोहर (gulmohar) — tree
• Hungarian: tűzvirágfa — tree
• Hungarian: lángfa — tree
• Indonesian: flamboyan — tree
• Italian: albero di fuoco — tree
• Japanese: ホウオウボク (hōōboku) — tree
• Kannada: ಗುಲ್ಮಹರ್ (gulmahar) — tree
• Korean: 봉황목 (bonghwangmok) — tree
• Malagasy: fengoka — tree
• Malagasy: alamboronala — tree
• Malayalam: ഗുൽമോഹർ (gulmōhaṟ) — tree
• Marathi: गुलमोहर (gulmohar) — tree
• Nepali: गुलमोहर (gulmohar) — tree
• Odia: କୃଷ୍ଣଚୂଡ଼ା (kruṣṇacuṛā) — tree
• Portuguese: flamboyant — tree
• Portuguese: flamboiã — tree
• Portuguese: acácia-rubra — tree
• Punjabi: ਗੁਲਮੋਹਰ (gulmohar) — tree
• Russian: дело́никс короле́вский (delóniks korolévskij) — tree
• Russian: о́гненное де́рево (ógnennoje dérevo) — tree
• Spanish: acacia — tree
• Spanish: acacia roja — tree
• Spanish: árbol de fuego — tree
• Spanish: chivato — tree
• Spanish: flamboyán — tree
• Spanish: framboyán — tree
• Spanish: malinche — tree
• Spanish: pajarilla — tree
• Spanish: tabachín — tree
• Spanish: ponciana — tree
• Tagalog: puno ng apoy — tree
• Tamil: செம்மயிர்க்கொன்றை (cemmayirkkoṉṟai) — tree
• Telugu: తురాయి (turāyi) — tree
• Tongan: ʻōhai lahi — tree
• Turkish: ateş ağacı — tree
• Vietnamese: phượng — tree
• Vietnamese: phượng vĩ — tree