insistent
English
Etymology
From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɪstənt/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
insistent (comparative more insistent, superlative most insistent)
- (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
- Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
- Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
- 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 24:
- Hadadas roost in numbers among the trees in the leafier parts of Nairobi and their eponymous call is one of the more insistent elements of the dawn chorus in that part of the world, though they may be heard at any time of the day.
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- (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.
Derived terms
- insistently
Related terms
- insist
- insistence
- insistency
Translations
urgent
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References
- insistent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- tintiness
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin īnsistēns.
Adjective
insistent (masculine and feminine plural insistents)
- insistent
Derived terms
- insistència
- insistentment
Related terms
- insistir
Further reading
- “insistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “insistent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “insistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “insistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
insistent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of insister
Anagrams
- intestins
Latin
Verb
īnsistent
- third-person plural future active indicative of īnsistō
Romanian
Etymology
From French insistente.
Adjective
insistent m or n (feminine singular insistentă, masculine plural insistenți, feminine and neuter plural insistente)
- insistent
Declension
Declension of insistent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | insistent | insistentă | insistenți | insistente | ||
| definite | insistentul | insistenta | insistenții | insistentele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | insistent | insistente | insistenți | insistente | ||
| definite | insistentului | insistentei | insistenților | insistentelor | |||