English → Latin
“stupendous” in Latin
admīrābilisadmirable, wonderful, worthy of admiration; surprising, astonishing, amazing, rare, strange, producing wondermīruswonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculousingēnshuge, vast, enormous; immoderate, exorbitant; extraordinary, unnaturalimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savageaudāxbold, audacious, daring; presumptuous
The English word stupendous itself goes back to Latin stupeō, through stupendus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
stupendous
stupendus: admirabilis (astonishing; e.g., audacia): mirus: permirus (wonderful): ingens: immanis (immense).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for stupendous?
- The usual Latin words for “stupendous” are admīrābilis, mīrus, ingēns; also immānis, audāx. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.