ostentatious

English

Etymology

Originated 1650–60; ostentation +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌɒs.tənˈteɪ.ʃəs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

ostentatious (comparative more ostentatious, superlative most ostentatious)

Of ostentation.
Intended to attract notice.
Of tawdry display; kitsch.

Synonyms

(tawdry): Thesaurus:gaudy

Derived terms

ostensible
ostensive

Translations

of ostentation

Azerbaijani: ədabaz
Bulgarian: показен (bg) (pokazen)
Catalan: ostentós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮華／浮华 (zh) (fúhuá, fúhua), 闊綽／阔绰 (zh) (kuòchuò)
Czech: okázalý (cs) m, ostentativní
Dutch: protserig (nl)
Esperanto: parada
Finnish: ylitsevuotava, liiallinen (fi), mahtaileva (fi), pramea (fi)
French: ostentatoire (fr)
Galician: ostentoso m
German: protzig (de), prahlerisch, prunkhaft, prunkvoll (de), prahlend (de), protzend (de), großtuerisch, pomphaft (de), pompös (de)
Greek: επιδεικτικός (el) m (epideiktikós)
Italian: ostentato (it)
Japanese: けばけばしい (ja) (kebakebashii), 派手な (ja) (はでな, hade na)
Macedonian: фалба́џиски (falbádžiski)
Maori: hahaki
Polish: ostentacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: ostentatório
Romanian: ostentativ (ro) m or n, provocator (ro) m or n, ostentațios m or n
Russian: показно́й (ru) (pokaznój), нарочи́тый (ru) (naročítyj), хвастли́вый (ru) (xvastlívyj), вне́шний (ru) (vnéšnij) (superficial, external)
Slovak: ostentatívny, vystatovačný, vypínavý
Spanish: ostentoso (es)
Swedish: skrytsam (sv), pompös (sv)
Telugu: అట్టహాసము (te) (aṭṭahāsamu)
Ukrainian: показний m (pokaznyj)

intended to attract notice

Amharic: ሆኖም አሸብርቀው (honomi āshebirik’ewi)
Catalan: ostentós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 炫耀的
Czech: provokativní (cs)
Esperanto: provoka, altira, alloga
Finnish: huomiotaherättävä (fi), provokatiivinen
German: demonstrativ (de), ostentativ (de), auffällig (de)
Greek: επιδεικτικός (el) m (epideiktikós), προκλητικός (el) m (proklitikós)
Italian: provocante (it), provocatore (it)
Japanese: 派手な (hadena), 麗々しい (reireishī), 看板倒れ (kanbandaore)
Maori: hahaki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prangende
Polish: ostentacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: ostentoso (pt) m
Romanian: provocator (ro) m or n
Russian: показно́й (ru) (pokaznój)
Spanish: ostentoso (es)
Ukrainian: показний m (pokaznyj)
Uzbek: o'rnak bo'ladigan
Vietnamese: phô trương (vi), khoe khoang (vi)
Welsh: rhwysgfawr, rodresgar, rwysgfawr, rhodresgar (cy)

of tawdry display

Chinese:
Mandarin: 財大氣粗／财大气粗 (zh) (cáidàqìcū)
Esperanto: paradeca, pavuma
Finnish: mauton (fi), pramea (fi), kitsahtava
German: kitschig (de), pompös (de), pomphaft (de)
Greek: φανταχτερός (el) m (fantachterós)
Italian: ostentato (it)
Portuguese: espalhafatoso (pt) m
Romanian: împopoțonat (ro), țipător (ro)
Russian: крича́щий (ru) m (kričáščij) (figuratively), кичёвый m (kičóvyj)
Swedish: kitschig (sv), prålig (sv), pompös (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} gáifeach, ^{(please verify)} taibhseach

References

“ostentatious”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“ostentatious”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"ostentatious" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.