intransigeant

English

Adjective

intransigeant (comparative more intransigeant, superlative most intransigeant)

  1. Alternative form of intransigent
    • 1964, C. P. Snow, Corridors Of Power:
      ‘That's not good enough!’ Her voice rang out like a challenge. I would talk to her sometime in the nearish future. ‘No.’ Her reply was intransigeant.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. By surface analysis, in- + transiger + -ant, literally uncompromising.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃/

Adjective

intransigeant (feminine intransigeante, masculine plural intransigeants, feminine plural intransigeantes)

  1. intransigent, unaccommodating
    Synonym: sévère
    Antonyms: conciliant, accommodant, (uncommon) transigeant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: intransigent
    • German: intransigent
  • Romanian: intransigent

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