strident
English
Etymology
From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/, [ˈstɹaɪdˀnt]
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident)
- Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
- The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
- Grating or obnoxious
- The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
- 2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182:
- If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.
- (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
- 2003, November 6, “Stuart Cosgrove”, in Taylor slagging Saddam shame., Glasgow:
- Under David Taylor's stewardship, the SFA has made strident progress.
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Derived terms
- stridently
- stridency
Related terms
- stridor
- stridulous
Translations
loud, piercing
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Noun
strident (plural stridents)
- (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
- Hypernym: fricative
Translations
linguistics: one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth
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References
- strident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “strident”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- tridents
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stʁi.dɑ̃/
Audio (file)
Adjective
strident (feminine stridente, masculine plural stridents, feminine plural stridentes)
- strident; producing a high-pitched or piercing sound
Further reading
- “strident”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- tridents
Latin
Verb
strīdent
- third-person plural future active indicative of strīdō
Romanian
Etymology
From French strident, from Latin stridens.
Adjective
strident m or n (feminine singular stridentă, masculine plural stridenți, feminine and neuter plural stridente)
- strident
Declension
Declension of strident
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | strident | stridentă | stridenți | stridente | ||
definite | stridentul | stridenta | stridenții | stridentele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | strident | stridente | stridenți | stridente | ||
definite | stridentului | stridentei | stridenților | stridentelor |