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immane

immense

adjective eem-MAH-neh Rare
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Also means

monstrous

Usage Note

Immane is a literary and formal adjective meaning enormous in scale or terrible in nature: una tragedia immane ('a colossal tragedy'). It is not the same as umano (human) despite the visual similarity; the prefix im- here is intensive, not negative. In contemporary usage it often carries a connotation of horror or awe alongside sheer size.

Examples

"Il terremoto ha causato una catastrofe immane."

Natural Translation

The earthquake caused an immense catastrophe.

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