# flagrant
## English
### Alternative forms

* flagraunt (obsolete, rare)

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪɡɹənt

### Etymology 1

From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.

#### Adjective

flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
* Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
** 1740, [David Hume], “Of the Measures of Allegiance”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book III (Of Morals), London: […] Thomas Longman, […], →OCLC, part II (Of Justice and Injustice), pages 163–164:'Tis certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals vve never entertain ſuch an abſurdity as that of paſſive obedience, but make allovvances for reſiſtance in the more flagrant inſtances of tyranny and oppreſſion.
* (archaic) On fire; flaming.

##### Synonyms

* (obvious and offensive): blatant, glaring
* (on fire): burning, flaming

##### Derived terms

* flagrantly
* unflagrant

##### Related terms

* in flagrante delicto, in flagrant delict

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”).

#### Adjective

flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)
* (obsolete) Misspelling of fragrant.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagrantem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [fləˈɣɾan]
* IPA: (Balearic) [fləˈɣɾant]
* IPA: (Valencia) [flaˈɣɾant]

### Adjective

flagrant m or f (masculine and feminine plural flagrants)
* flaming, burning
* flagrant, blatant

### Further reading

* “flagrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “flagrant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “flagrant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “flagrant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French flagrant, from Latin flagrāns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /flaːˈɣrɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: fla‧grant
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Adjective

flagrant (comparative flagranter, superlative flagrantst)
* flagrant, blatant (obvious and offensive)

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

From Latin flagrantem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fla.ɡʁɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Adjective

flagrant (feminine flagrante, masculine plural flagrants, feminine plural flagrantes)
* flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious, evident
    C’est flagrant. ― It stares you in the face.

#### Derived terms

* flagramment
* prendre en flagrant délit

#### Related terms

* flagrance

### Further reading

* “flagrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagrant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [flaˈɡʁant]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

flagrant (strong nominative masculine singular flagranter, comparative flagranter, superlative am flagrantesten)
* flagrant

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “flagrant” in Duden online
* “flagrant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Latin
### Verb

flāgrant
* third-person plural present active indicative of flāgrō

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French flagrant.

### Adjective

flagrant m or n (feminine singular flagrantă, masculine plural flagranți, feminine and neuter plural flagrante)
* flagrant