"refractory" meaning in English

See refractory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈfɹæk.təɹ.i/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-refractory.ogg , en-au-refractory.ogg Forms: more refractory [comparative], most refractory [superlative]
Rhymes: -æktəɹi Etymology: From Latin refractārius (“obstinate”), from refractus, past participle of refringere (“to break up”). Originally refractary, refractarie, but reanalysed after other adjectives in -ory. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|refractārius||obstinate}} Latin refractārius (“obstinate”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} refractory (comparative more refractory, superlative most refractory)
  1. Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something. Synonyms: contrary (english: inanimates), fractious, obstinate Translations (obstinate; strongly opposed): непокорен (nepokoren) (Bulgarian), непослушен (neposlušen) (Bulgarian), refractari (Catalan), weerbarstig (Dutch), halsstarrig (Dutch), itsepintainen (Finnish), itsepäinen (Finnish), omapäinen (Finnish), réfractaire (French), widerborstig (German), widerspenstig (German), störrisch (German), halsstarrig (German), renitent (German), widersätzlich (German), aufsässig (German), ανυπότακτος (anypótaktos) (Greek), makacs (Hungarian), ellenszegülő (Hungarian), ellenálló (Hungarian), szembeszálló (Hungarian), refraktara (Ido), refrattario [masculine] (Italian), refrattaria [feminine] (Italian), tīhoihoi (Maori), tīhoi (Maori), refratário (Portuguese), refrakteran (Serbo-Croatian), tvrdokoran (Serbo-Croatian), refractario (Spanish), motspänstig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-refractory-en-adj-UQ0e0iOO Disambiguation of 'obstinate; strongly opposed': 87 8 3 2
  2. Not affected by great heat. Synonyms: heat-resistant, fireproof Translations (not affected by great heat): огнеупорен (ogneuporen) (Bulgarian), refractari (Catalan), žáruvzdorný (Czech), vuurvast (Dutch), kuumuudenkestävä (Finnish), tulenkestävä (Finnish), réfractaire (French), hitzebeständig (German), feuerbeständig (German), feuerfest (German), hitzefest (German), refraktär (German), widerstandsfähig (German), δύστηκτος (dýstiktos) (Greek), πυρίμαχος (pyrímachos) (Greek), hőálló (Hungarian), tűzálló (Hungarian), refraktara (Ido), refrattario (Italian), refratário (Portuguese), жаропрочный (žaropročnyj) (Russian), огнеупорный (ogneupornyj) (Russian), refrakteran (Serbo-Croatian), vatrootporan (Serbo-Croatian), refractario (Spanish)
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  3. (medicine) Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-refractory-en-adj-iQLvYz92 Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. (biology) Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus): unbeeinflussbar (German), refraktär (German), passiv (German), unempfindlich (German), unempfänglich (German), reizunempfindlich (German), refrakteran (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-refractory-en-adj-is8HytDL Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus': 4 11 3 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: electrorefractory, psychological refractory period, refractorily, refractoriness, refractory anaemia with excess blasts, refractory metal, refractory period, refractory rhyme Related terms: refractive, refraction Translations (medicine: difficult to heal): трудно лечим (trudno lečim) (Bulgarian), itsepintainen (Finnish), refraktorinen (Finnish), refraktaarinen (Finnish), réfractaire (French), therapierefraktär (German), nicht auf Therapie ansprechend (German), ανθεκτικός (anthektikós) (Greek), δυσίατος (dysíatos) (Greek), nehezen kezelhető/gyógyítható (Hungarian), refrakter (Hungarian), refraktara (Ido), refrattario (Italian), refratário (Portuguese), refrakteran (Serbo-Croatian), tvrdokoran (Serbo-Croatian), refractario (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'medicine: difficult to heal': 20 34 29 17

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈfɹæk.təɹ.i/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-refractory.ogg , en-au-refractory.ogg Forms: refractories [plural]
Rhymes: -æktəɹi Etymology: From Latin refractārius (“obstinate”), from refractus, past participle of refringere (“to break up”). Originally refractary, refractarie, but reanalysed after other adjectives in -ory. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|refractārius||obstinate}} Latin refractārius (“obstinate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} refractory (plural refractories)
  1. A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point. Translations (material with a high melting point): Feuerfestmaterial [neuter] (German), feuerfestes Material [neuter] (German), feuerfester Stoff [masculine] (German), feuerfester Baustoff [masculine] (German), πυρίμαχος (pyrímachos) [masculine] (Greek), refrattario [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-refractory-en-noun-QU2t7OU8 Disambiguation of 'material with a high melting point': 88 12
  2. A plant or factory that produces such material.
    Sense id: en-refractory-en-noun-14YLRvs6

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      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "непокорен"
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      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "refractari"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "weerbarstig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "halsstarrig"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "itsepintainen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "omapäinen"
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      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "réfractaire"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "widerborstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "widerspenstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "störrisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "halsstarrig"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "renitent"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "widersätzlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "aufsässig"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anypótaktos",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "ανυπότακτος"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "makacs"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "ellenszegülő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "ellenálló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "szembeszálló"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "refraktara"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "refrattario"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "refrattaria"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "tīhoihoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "tīhoi"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "refratário"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "refrakteran"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "tvrdokoran"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "refractario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "obstinate; strongly opposed",
      "word": "motspänstig"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ogneuporen",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "огнеупорен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "refractari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "žáruvzdorný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "vuurvast"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "kuumuudenkestävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "tulenkestävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "réfractaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "hitzebeständig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "feuerbeständig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "hitzefest"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "refraktär"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "widerstandsfähig"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dýstiktos",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "δύστηκτος"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pyrímachos",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "πυρίμαχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "hőálló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "tűzálló"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "refraktara"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "refrattario"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "refratário"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žaropročnyj",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "жаропрочный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogneupornyj",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "огнеупорный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "refrakteran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "vatrootporan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not affected by great heat",
      "word": "refractario"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trudno lečim",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "трудно лечим"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "itsepintainen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "refraktorinen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "refraktaarinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "réfractaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "therapierefraktär"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "nicht auf Therapie ansprechend"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "anthektikós",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "ανθεκτικός"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "dysíatos",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "δυσίατος"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
      "word": "nehezen kezelhető/gyógyítható"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "medicine: difficult to heal",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "biology: incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus",
      "word": "unbeeinflussbar"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "biology: incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus",
      "word": "refraktär"
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