🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

favoloso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fa.voˈlo.zo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fabulous/ˈfæb.jə.ləs/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La vista dalla terrazza era favolosa."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Extraordinary, exceptionally good, or striking.

    "She wore a fabulous dress to the evening gala."
  2. 2

    Of an incredible nature; bordering on or surpassing the bounds of myth.

    "The ancient palace was said to possess fabulous wealth."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'fabulosus', meaning 'celebrated in fable' or 'mythical', stemming from 'fabula' (story, tale). Over centuries in Late Middle English and Early Modern English, the meaning shifted from denoting something existing only in fable or being extraordinarily marvelous to a general superlative of excellence and approval.

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