intransigeant
English
Adjective
intransigeant (comparative more intransigeant, superlative most intransigeant)
- 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.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally “uncompromising”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃/
Adjective
intransigeant (feminine intransigeante, masculine plural intransigeants, feminine plural intransigeantes)
- intransigent, unaccommodating
- Synonym: sévère
- Antonyms: conciliant, accommodant, (uncommon) transigeant
Derived terms
- intransigeance
Descendants
- → English: intransigent
- → German: intransigent
- → Romanian: intransigent
Further reading
- “intransigeant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “intransigeant” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
- “intransigeant” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.