breathtaking

English

Etymology

breath +‎ taking

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

breathtaking (comparative more breathtaking, superlative most breathtaking)

stunningly beautiful; amazing
He went to the Grand Canyon and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
breathtaking stupidity or rudeness

Derived terms

breathtakingly

Translations

stunningly beautiful

Chinese:
Mandarin: 驚險 (zh), 惊险 (zh) (jīngxiǎn)
Czech: úchvatný, dechberoucí
Dutch: adembenemend (nl)
Finnish: henkeäsalpaava
French: époustouflant (fr) m, à couper le souffle (fr)
German: atemberaubend (de)
Hebrew: עוצר-נשימה‎ m (otzer-neshima), עוצרת-נשימה‎ f (otzeret-neshima)

Hungarian: lélegzetelállító (hu)
Italian: mozzafiato (it)
Japanese: 息をのむような (iki o nomu yō na), 息をのむほど (iki o nomu hodo)
Portuguese: de tirar o fôlego (pt)
Russian: захва́тывающий (ru) (zaxvátyvajuščij), потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij)
Serbo-Croatian: koji uzima dah m
Spanish: impresionante (es), emocionante (es), asombroso (es), fascinador (es), fascinante (es)
Turkish: nefes kesici (tr)

very surprising or shocking

Finnish: henkeäsalpaava, sanoinkuvaamaton (fi)
French: époustouflant (fr) m
German: atemberaubend (de)
Hungarian: lélegzetelállító (hu)

Portuguese: de tirar o fôlego (pt)
Russian: умопомрачи́тельный (ru) (umopomračítelʹnyj), потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij)
Swedish: hisnande

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