sentimental

English

Etymology

sentiment + -al

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/, /ˌsɛniˈmɛnl̩/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

Adjective

sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)

  1. Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.
    • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.
      Wish I was old and a little sentimental
  2. Derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment.
  3. Romantic.

Quotations

  • 1944, Doris Day, Sentimental Journey:
    Gonna take a Sentimental Journey,
    Gonna set my heart at ease.
    Gonna make a Sentimental Journey,
    to renew old memories.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sentimental.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal
  • IPA(key): /sentimenˈtal/, [sen̪.ti.men̪ˈtal̪]

Adjective

sentimental

  1. sentimental

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

sentimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentals)

  1. sentimental

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

English sentimental. By surface analysis, sentiment + -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sentimental (feminine sentimentale, masculine plural sentimentaux, feminine plural sentimentales)

  1. sentimental

Further reading

Galician

Adjective

sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)

  1. sentimental

Derived terms

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌzɛntimɛnˈtaːl/
  • (file)

Adjective

sentimental (strong nominative masculine singular sentimentaler, comparative sentimentaler, superlative am sentimentalsten)

  1. sentimental

Declension

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

Adjective

sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)

  1. sentimental

Antonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

Adjective

sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)

  1. sentimental

Antonyms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentimental.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.t͡ʃi.mẽˈtaw/ [sẽ.t͡ʃi.mẽˈtaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.ti.mẽˈtal/ [sẽ.ti.mẽˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.ti.mẽˈta.li/

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

Adjective

sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)

  1. sentimental

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentimental. By surface analysis, sentiment + -al.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

sentimental m or n (feminine singular sentimentală, masculine plural sentimentali, feminine and neuter plural sentimentale)

  1. sentimental

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sentimenˈtal/ [sẽn̪.t̪i.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

Adjective

sentimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentales)

  1. sentimental

Derived terms

Further reading

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