Meaning

7 senses

  1. Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.

    sagenhaft, sagenumwoben, unhistorisch

    сказочныйskazočnyj, баснословныйbasnoslovnyj

  2. Characteristic of fables; marvelous, extraordinary, incredible.

    mythisch, unglaubhaft, nicht glaubwürdig

    невероя́тныйneverojátnyj, необычайныйneobyčajnyj, преувеличенныйpreuveličennyj

  3. Fictional or not believable; made up.

  4. (slang)Very good; outstanding, wonderful.

    fabelhaft, märchenhaft, wunderbar

    потряса́ющийpotrjasájuščij

  5. (slang)Camp, effeminate.

  6. (slang)Fashionable, glamorous.

  7. (obsolete)Known for telling fables or falsehoods; unreliable.

More definitions
  • barely credible
  • extremely pleasing
  • based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

Examples

73 sentences

  1. You look fabulous.

    Чудово виглядаєш. — deniko

    ruВыглядишь потрясающе. — marafon

    deDu siehst toll aus. — Esperantostern

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  2. Tom is fabulous.

    Том неймовірний. — deniko

    deTom ist sagenhaft. — Felixjp

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  3. This is going to be fabulous.

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  4. Mary was wearing a fabulous dress.

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  5. I can't imagine anything more fabulous.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
of the nature of a fable; unhistorical:
mythical or legendary; incredible:
extraordinary, especially in being very large:
very good; wonderful:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
of the nature of a fable; unhistorical:
mythical or legendary; incredible:
extraordinary, especially in being very large:
very good; wonderful:

Origin

From Late Middle English fabulous, fabulose, from Latin fābulōsus (“celebrated in fable”);

From Late Middle English fabulous, fabulose, from Latin fābulōsus (“celebrated in fable”); Equivalent to fable + -ous.

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Forms

more fabulous, most fabulous
Comparativemore fabulous Lesson
Superlativemost fabulous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
excellentA1
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words
Relatedfable
DerivedfabulouslyC1fabfabuliciousfabulizefabulous invalidfabulousnessfantabulousghetto fabulousnonfabuloussemifabulousspectabuloussuperfabulousuber-fabulousultrafabulousunfabulous

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fabricB2fabricateC2fabricationC2fabulouslyC1facadefaceA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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