impressive

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• /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English impressive From impress + -ive.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: madhështor — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Armenian: տպավորիչ (tpavoričʻ) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Asturian: impresionante — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Belarusian: уража́льны (uražálʹny) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Bulgarian: впечатляващ (vpečatljavašt) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Catalan: impressionant — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Chinese Mandarin: 令人印象深刻 (lìngrén yìnxiàng shēnkè) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Czech: působivý — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Dutch: indrukwekkend — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Dutch: imposant — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Esperanto: impona — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Finnish: vaikuttava — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Finnish: muhkea — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• French: impressionnant — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• French: épatant — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Galician: impresionante — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Georgian: შთამბეჭდავი (štambeč̣davi) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• German: beeindruckend — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• German: eindrucksvoll — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• German: imposant — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Greek: εντυπωσιακός (entyposiakós) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Hebrew: מרשים (marshím) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Hungarian: impresszív — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Icelandic: tilkomumikill — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Indonesian: impresif — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Irish: iontach — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Italian: impressionante — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Italian: spettacolare — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Italian: notevole — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Japanese: 印象的な (inshōteki na) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Korean: 인상적 (insangjeok) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Maltese: impressjonanti — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Norwegian: imponerende — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Persian: چشمگیر (češmgir) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Plautdietsch: oppfaulent — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Plautdietsch: be'endrucksvoll — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Polish: imponujący — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Portuguese: impressionante — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Romanian: impresionant — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Romanian: mișcător — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Russian: впечатля́ющий (vpečatljájuščij) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Russian: внуши́тельный (vnušítelʹnyj) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Spanish: impresionante — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Swedish: imponerande — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Swedish: maffig — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Turkish: etkileyici — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Ukrainian: вража́ючий (vražájučyj) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Yiddish: אײַנדרוקספֿול (ayndruksful) — making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress
• Bulgarian: впечатлителен (vpečatlitelen) — capable of being impressed
• Czech: vnímavý — capable of being impressed
• Dutch: onder de indruk — capable of being impressed
• French: impressionnable — capable of being impressed
• Russian: впечатли́тельный (vpečatlítelʹnyj) — capable of being impressed
• Italian: eccitante — appealing
• Romanian: atrăgător — appealing
• Romanian: mișcător — appealing
• Spanish: halagüeño — appealing
• Spanish: impresivo — appealing
• Spanish: apelativo — appealing