"intransigence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intransigence.wav Forms: intransigences [plural]
Etymology: From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|intransigeance}} French intransigeance, {{der|en|es|intransigente}} Spanish intransigente Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} intransigence (countable and uncountable, plural intransigences)
  1. Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: intransigent Translations (intransigence): непримиримост (neprimirimost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), безкомпромисност (bezkompromisnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 不妥協 (Chinese Mandarin), 不妥协 (bùtuǒxié) (Chinese Mandarin), kompromisløshed [common-gender] (Danish), umedgørlighed [common-gender] (Danish), onverzettelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), myöntymättömyys (Finnish), intransigeance [feminine] (French), Unnachgiebigkeit [feminine] (German), Intransigenz [feminine] (German), αδιαλλαξία (adiallaxía) [feminine] (Greek), þrjóska [feminine] (Icelandic), umedgjørlighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), nieprzejednanie [neuter] (Polish), nieustępliwość [feminine] (Polish), intransigență [feminine] (Romanian), непримири́мость (neprimirímostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), непрекло́нность (nepreklónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), бескомпроми́ссность (beskompromíssnostʹ) (Russian), intransigencia [feminine] (Spanish), omedgörlighet [common-gender] (Swedish)

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