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portenteux

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Du latin portentuosus, portentosus.

adjective portenteuse · portenteuses

  1. rare Qui relève du prodige, qui est extraordinaire, monstrueux. J[e saurais démontr]er à mon crocodile que l’achat d’une [telle collection donnerait de portenteux bénéfices].

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  • portentous portending or predicting that something will happen; especially, portending an e

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"portenteux." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/portenteux. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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portenteux. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/portenteux

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"portenteux." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/portenteux.

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@misc{portenteux_2026,
  title = {portenteux},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/portenteux},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}