prägnant
See also: prægnant
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French prégnant (“meaningful”, originally “pregnant”), from Latin praegnans (“pregnant”). The sense of the German adjective is not far from the French, but its particulars may have developed under influence of unrelated prägen (compare especially einprägsam).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɛˈɡnant/, /pʁe-/
- Rhymes: -ant
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Adjective
prägnant (strong nominative masculine singular prägnanter, comparative prägnanter, superlative am prägnantesten)
- meaningful and concise; to the point; apposite; pithy
- Synonyms: aussagekräftig, treffend
Declension
Positive forms of prägnant
Comparative forms of prägnant
Superlative forms of prägnant
Derived terms
- Prägnanz
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