French

Adjective

impetueux m ‎(feminine singular impetueuse, masculine plural impetueux, feminine plural impetueuses)

1. Obsolete spelling of impétueux

Middle French

Etymology

Old French impetueux, from Late Latin impetuōsus ‎(“violent”), from Latin impetus ‎(“violence”).

Adjective

impetueux m ‎(feminine singular impetueuse, masculine plural impetueux, feminine plural impetueuses)

1. forceful, violent, strong

   un vent impetueux - a violent wind

Old French

Adjective

impetueux m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular impetueuse)

1. forceful; violent; strong

Descendants

• English: impetuous (borrowed)
• French: impétueux

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (impetueux, supplement)