"insinuation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-insinuation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: insinuations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French, from Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), from in (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|insinuation}} Middle French insinuation, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|insinuatio}} Latin insinuatio, {{m|la|īnsinuō||to push in, creep in, steal in}} īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), {{m|la|in||in}} in (“in”), {{m|la|sinus||a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom}} sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insinuation (countable and uncountable, plural insinuations)
  1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-insinuation-en-noun-IZq7KlhT
  2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means): подмазване (podmazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), докарване (dokarvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), insinuation [feminine] (French), ინსინუაცია (insinuacia) (Georgian), Einschmeicheln [neuter] (German), Anbiedern [neuter] (German), Bauchpinseln [neuter] (German), Einschmeichelei [feminine] (German), Anbiederung [feminine] (German), инсинуа́ция (insinuácija) [feminine] (Russian), insinuación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-insinuation-en-noun-sOVgB9mS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 34 27 20 Disambiguation of 'act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means': 4 89 5 3
  3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-insinuation-en-noun-316TRdfZ
  4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion): намек (namek) [masculine] (Bulgarian), инсинуация (insinuacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), insinuació [feminine] (Catalan), insinuation [common-gender] (Danish), insinuation [feminine] (French), ინსინუაცია (insinuacia) (Georgian), Unterstellung [feminine] (German), Andeutung [feminine] (German), Anspielung [feminine] (German), versteckte Andeutung [feminine] (German), unterschwellige Anspielung [feminine] (German), insinuazione (Italian), insynuacja [feminine] (Polish), insinuação (Portuguese), инсинуа́ция (insinuácija) [feminine] (Russian), намёк (namjók) [masculine] (Russian), insinuacija (Serbo-Croatian), insinuación (Spanish), insinuation [common-gender] (Swedish), parinig (Tagalog), patama (Tagalog), patutsada [slang] (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-insinuation-en-noun-ZrQFXRHF Disambiguation of 'a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion': 4 10 7 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: insinuate, insinuator

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-insinuation.wav Forms: insinuations [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin īnsinuātiōnem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French, {{inh+|fr|fro|-}} Inherited from Old French, {{bor|fr|la|īnsinuātiō|īnsinuātiōnem}} Latin īnsinuātiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} insinuation f (plural insinuations)
  1. insinuation Tags: feminine Related terms: insinuer
    Sense id: en-insinuation-fr-noun-DqQFhkLY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} insinuation c, {{sv-noun|c}} insinuation c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], insinuation [indefinite, nominative, singular], insinuationen [definite, nominative, singular], insinuationer [indefinite, nominative, plural], insinuationerna [definite, nominative, plural], insinuations [genitive, indefinite, singular], insinuationens [definite, genitive, singular], insinuationers [genitive, indefinite, plural], insinuationernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. an insinuation Tags: common-gender Related terms: insinuera (english: insinuate)
    Sense id: en-insinuation-sv-noun-dhRZyZrn Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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