"pertinacious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs/ [UK], /pɝtn̩ˈeɪʃəs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pertinacious.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more pertinacious [comparative], most pertinacious [superlative]
enPR: pûr-tn-ā'shəs [US] Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From pertinace + -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”) + tenax (“tenacious”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|pertinace|-ious}} pertinace + -ious, {{der|en|fro|pertinace}} Old French pertinace, {{der|en|la|pertinax}} Latin pertinax, {{m|la|per-||very}} per- (“very”), {{m|la|tenax||tenacious}} tenax (“tenacious”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pertinacious (comparative more pertinacious, superlative most pertinacious)
  1. Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose. Translations (holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose): неотстъпчив (neotstǎpčiv) (Bulgarian), pertinaç (Catalan), vast overtuigd (Dutch), obstiné (French), ισχυρογνώμων (ischyrognómon) (Greek), tohetohe (Maori), یاپشقان (yapışkan) (Ottoman Turkish), niezachwiany (Polish), firme convicción (Spanish), непоступливий (nepostuplyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pertinacious-en-adj-Hz5knWZy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ious Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ious: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose': 96 4
  2. Stubbornly resolute or tenacious. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (stubbornly resolute or tenacious): упорит (uporit) (Bulgarian), vasthoudend (Dutch), tenace (French), durchhaltend (German), hartnäckig (German), tohetohe (Maori), whakatohe (Maori), یاپشقان (yapışkan) (Ottoman Turkish), pertinaz (Spanish), впертий (vpertyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pertinacious-en-adj-m3unxp5~ Disambiguation of Personality: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ious Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ious: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'stubbornly resolute or tenacious': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pertinaciousness, pertinacity

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