"incongruous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkɒn.ɡɹʊu.ʌs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɒŋ.ɹʊu.ʌs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɑn.ɡɹu.əs/ [US], /ɪŋˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.əs/ [US] Audio: en-us-incongruous.ogg Forms: more incongruous [comparative], most incongruous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin incongruus, from in- (“not”) + congruus (“congruent”), equivalent to in- + congruous. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|incongruus}} Latin incongruus, {{pre|en|in|congruous}} in- + congruous Head templates: {{en-adj}} incongruous (comparative more incongruous, superlative most incongruous)
  1. Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in. Translations (not matching): несъвместим (nesǎvmestim) (Bulgarian), несъответстващ (nesǎotvetstvašt) (Bulgarian), incongruent (Catalan), nezapadající (Czech), nehodící se (Czech), neslučitelný (Czech), nepřípadný (Czech), ongepast (Dutch), malakorda (Esperanto), miskongrua (Esperanto), sopimaton (Finnish), epäjohdonmukainen (Finnish), ristiriitainen (Finnish), incongru (French), incongruente (Galician), unpassend (German), unvereinbar (German), uneinheitlich (German), ungleich (German), disparat (German), nicht zusammenpassend (German), αταίριαστος (ataíriastos) [masculine] (Greek), ανάρμοστος (anármostos) [masculine] (Greek), incongruo (Italian), 不調和 (fuchōwa) (alt: ふちょうわ) (Japanese), alienus (Latin), incongruente (Portuguese), incongruent (Romanian), неуме́стный (neuméstnyj) (Russian), неподходя́щий (nepodxodjáščij) (Russian), incongruente (Spanish), uyumsuz (Turkish)
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  2. (mathematics) Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder. Categories (topical): Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incongruitous Derived forms: incongruously, incongruousness Related terms: incongruence, incongruent, incongruity
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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      "word": "incongruously"
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      "word": "incongruousness"
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      "form": "more incongruous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most incongruous",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "incongruence"
    },
    {
      "word": "incongruent"
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      "word": "incongruity"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 34, in Villette. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "[P]erhaps he thought me, with my basket of summer fruit, and my lack of the dignity age confers, an incongruous figure in such a scene.",
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        {
          "ref": "1905, Upton Sinclair, chapter I, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Ona was blue-eyed and fair, while Jurgis had great black eyes with beetling brows, and thick black hair that curled in waves about his ears—in short, they were one of those incongruous and impossible married couples with which Mother Nature so often wills to confound all prophets.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, Jack London, chapter 1, in A Son Of The Sun:",
          "text": "Ardent suns had likewise tanned his face till it was swarthy as a Spaniard's. The yellow mustache appeared incongruous in the midst of such swarthiness.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 November 18, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "For a few moments England toyed with the idea of making it a more difficult night than necessary. Scotland had scored a goal that seemed incongruous to the rest of their performance and, briefly, a fiercely partisan crowd sensed an improbable comeback.",
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      ],
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          "congruent",
          "congruent"
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        "(mathematics) Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder."
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈkɒŋ.ɹʊu.ʌs/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈkɑn.ɡɹu.əs/",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ɪŋˈkɑŋ.ɡɹu.əs/",
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      "word": "incongruitous"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nesǎvmestim",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "несъвместим"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nesǎotvetstvašt",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "несъответстващ"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "incongruent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "nezapadající"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "nehodící se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "neslučitelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "nepřípadný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "ongepast"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "malakorda"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "miskongrua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "sopimaton"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "epäjohdonmukainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "ristiriitainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "incongru"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "incongruente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "unpassend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "unvereinbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "uneinheitlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "ungleich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "disparat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "nicht zusammenpassend"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ataíriastos",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αταίριαστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anármostos",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανάρμοστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "incongruo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふちょうわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuchōwa",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "不調和"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "alienus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "incongruente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "incongruent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neuméstnyj",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "неуме́стный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepodxodjáščij",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "неподходя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "incongruente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not matching",
      "word": "uyumsuz"
    }
  ],
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}

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