"intransigent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/, /ɪnˈtɹæn.zə.d͡ʒənt/ Audio: en-us-intransigent.ogg Forms: more intransigent [comparative], most intransigent [superlative], intransigeant [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|intransigeant}} French intransigeant, {{der|en|es|intransigente}} Spanish intransigente, {{der|en|la|in-|t=un-, not}} Latin in- (“un-, not”), {{affix|la|trāns|agō|nocat=1|t1=across|t2=to do}} trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} intransigent (comparative more intransigent, superlative most intransigent)
  1. Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable. Synonyms: obstinate Related terms: intransigence, intransigency, intransigentism, intransigently Translations (unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad): непримирим (neprimirim) (Bulgarian), безкомпромисен (bezkompromisen) (Bulgarian), intransigent (Catalan), 唔妥協嘅 /唔妥协嘅 (m⁴ to⁵ hip³ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), 唔讓步嘅 /唔让步嘅 (m⁴ joeng⁶ bou⁶ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), uforsonlig (Danish), umedgørlig (Danish), genstridig (Danish), onverzettelijk (Dutch), myöntymätön (Finnish), jyrkkä (Finnish), intransigeant (French), impitoyable (French), kompromisslos (German), intransigent (German), unnachgiebig (German), hartleibig (German), unbeugsam (German), unversöhnlich (German), stur (German), unkooperativ (German), αδιάλλακτος (adiállaktos) (Greek), בלתי מתפשר (bilti mitpasher) [masculine] (Hebrew), hajthatatlan (Hungarian), tántoríthatatlan (Hungarian), intranzigens (Hungarian), þrjóskur (Icelandic), upoko mārō (Maori), whakaioio (Maori), معاند (mo'âned) (Persian), nieprzejednany (Polish), nieustępliwy (Polish), intransigente (Portuguese), непрекло́нный (nepreklónnyj) [masculine] (Russian), непримири́мый (neprimirímyj) [masculine] (Russian), intransigentan (Serbo-Croatian), beskompromisan (Serbo-Croatian), intransigente (Spanish), omedgörlig (Swedish), непримире́нний (neprymyrénnyj) (Ukrainian), непримири́мий (neprymyrýmyj) (Ukrainian), безкомпромі́сний (bezkompromísnyj) (Ukrainian), непохи́тний (nepoxýtnyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/, /ɪnˈtɹæn.zə.d͡ʒənt/ Audio: en-us-intransigent.ogg Forms: intransigents [plural], intransigeant [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|intransigeant}} French intransigeant, {{der|en|es|intransigente}} Spanish intransigente, {{der|en|la|in-|t=un-, not}} Latin in- (“un-, not”), {{affix|la|trāns|agō|nocat=1|t1=across|t2=to do}} trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} intransigent (plural intransigents)
  1. A person who is intransigent. Categories (topical): People Translations (intransigent person): intransigente (Spanish)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Since I have been asked to do this in very brief compass, the harsh tone and terse style of my presentation will make my contentions appear more dogmatic and intransigent than I should wish them to be.",
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          "ref": "1970 August 31, John Berbers, “Nixon Aides Voice Integration Hope”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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          "text": "On the Spanish side, the war increased the anti-Cuban animosity and distrust felt by the most intransigent peninsulares.",
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
          "word": "唔讓步嘅 /唔让步嘅"
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "word": "impitoyable"
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          "word": "unnachgiebig"
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          "roman": "bilti mitpasher",
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "word": "þrjóskur"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
          "word": "upoko mārō"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
          "word": "whakaioio"
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          "code": "fa",
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          "roman": "mo'âned",
          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
          "word": "معاند"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
          "word": "nieprzejednany"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
          "word": "nieustępliwy"
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "roman": "nepreklónnyj",
          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "word": "непрекло́нный"
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          "roman": "neprimirímyj",
          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "word": "непримири́мый"
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
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          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
          "word": "omedgörlig"
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          "roman": "bezkompromísnyj",
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          "word": "безкомпромі́сний"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "nepoxýtnyj",
          "sense": "unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad",
          "word": "непохи́тний"
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