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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: phénoménal

English

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Alternative forms

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• phænomenal (archaic)

Etymology

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From phenomenon +‎ -al, after French phénoménal.[1]

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɪˈnɒmɪnəl/, /fə-/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /fɪˈnɑmɪnəl/
• (General Australian) IPA(key): /fɪˈnɔmɪnəl/

Adjective

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phenomenal (comparative more phenomenal, superlative most phenomenal)

1. (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing. phenomenal effort phenomenal musician phenomenal success phenomenal victory
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2. (sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
3. (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.

Synonyms

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• (very remarkable): awesome (slang)

Derived terms

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• epiphenomenal
• extraphenomenal
• hyperphenomenal
• isophenomenal
• macrophenomenal
• metaphenomenal
• microphenomenal
• nonphenomenal
• paraphenomenal
• phenomenal consciousness
• phenomenalism
• phenomenalist
• phenomenalistic
• phenomenality
• phenomenalize
• phenomenally
• phenomenalness
• phenomenal world
• protophenomenal
• superphenomenal
• symphenomenal
• transphenomenal
• unphenomenal

Translations

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Bulgarian: забележителен (bg) (zabeležitelen), необикновен (bg) (neobiknoven) Catalan: fenomenal (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 現象級 / 现象级 (xiànxiàngjí), 非凡的 (zh) (fēifán de) Finnish: ilmiömäinen (fi) French: phénoménal (fr) Georgian: ფენომენალური (penomenaluri), არაჩვეულებრივი (aračveulebrivi) German: phänomenal (de) Hungarian: fenomenális (hu) Indonesian: fenomenal (id) Italian: fenomenale (it) Japanese: 驚異的な (ja) (きょういてきな, kyōiteki na) Korean: 경이적인 (gyeong'ijeogin) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: diyardeyî (ku), fenomenal Manx: ard-yindyssagh Polish: fenomenalny (pl), niezwykły (pl), arcydobry Portuguese: fenomenal (pt) Romanian: fenomenal (ro) Russian: феномена́льный (ru) (fenomenálʹnyj), необыкнове́нный (ru) (neobyknovénnyj) Spanish: fenomenal (es) Turkish: fenomenal (tr)

sciences: perceptible

Bulgarian: осезаем (bg) (osezaem) Catalan: fenomènic Chinese: Mandarin: 感性的 (gǎnxìng de) Finnish: havaittava (fi) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: diyardeyî (ku), fenomenal

philosophy: pertaining to the appearance of the world

Catalan: fenomènic Chinese: Mandarin: 現象的 / 现象的 (xiànxiàng de) Finnish: fenomenaalinen Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: diyardeyî (ku), fenomenal

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Dutch: (please verify) fenomenaal (nl) German: (please verify) phänomenal (de), (please verify) fabelhaft (de), (please verify) sagenhaft (de), (please verify) ausgezeichnet (de)

References

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• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “phenomenal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

1. ^ “phenomenal, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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