"reticent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɛtɪsənt/ Audio: en-us-reticent.ogg [US], en-au-reticent.ogg [Australia] Forms: more reticent [comparative], most reticent [superlative]
Etymology: Latin reticēns, present participle of reticeō (“to keep silence”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*tak-}}, {{uder|en|la|reticēns}} Latin reticēns, {{m|la|reticeō||to keep silence}} reticeō (“to keep silence”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} reticent (comparative more reticent, superlative most reticent)
  1. Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (reserved): сдържан (sdǎržan) (Bulgarian), резеревиран (rezereviran) (Bulgarian), reticent (Catalan), 沉默 (chénmò) (Chinese Mandarin), tilbageholdende (Danish), terughoudend (Dutch), vaitelias (Finnish), vähäpuheinen (Finnish), réticent (French), hésitant (French), reticente (Galician), still (German), verschwiegen (German), zurückhaltend (German), visszafogott (Hungarian), hallgatag (Hungarian), reticente (Italian), 寡黙 (kamoku) (alt: かもく) (Japanese), reticentia [feminine] (Latin), во́здржан (vózdržan) (Macedonian), whakakumu (Maori), ngākau tōngā (Maori), hūnguengue (Maori), tikumu (Maori), memeke (Maori), stillfaren (Norwegian Bokmål), tilbakeholden (Norwegian Bokmål), reticent (Occitan), blank (Plautdietsch), małomówny (Polish), dyskretny (Polish), reticente (Portuguese), сде́ржанный (sdéržannyj) (Russian), скры́тный (skrýtnyj) (Russian), šutljiv (Serbo-Croatian), ćutljiv (Serbo-Croatian), povučen (Serbo-Croatian), reticente (Spanish), tillbakadragen (Swedish), sluten (Swedish), förtegen (Swedish), tystlåten (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-reticent-en-adj-Z2vQ5cyH Disambiguation of Personality: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'reserved': 89 11
  2. (proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive). Tags: proscribed Translations (hesitant, reluctant): необщителен (neobštitelen) (Bulgarian), неохотен (neohoten) (Bulgarian), zögerlich (German), zurückhaltend (German), unwillig (German), ко́леблив (kólebliv) (Macedonian), tilbakeholden (Norwegian Bokmål), reservert (Norwegian Bokmål), uvillig (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-reticent-en-adj-gfPizPlT Disambiguation of 'hesitant, reluctant': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: restrained, tight-lipped (english: See also Thesaurus:taciturn), unwilling Synonyms (sense 1): reserved Synonyms (sense 2): reluctant
Disambiguation of 'sense 1': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'sense 2': 0 0

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          "action",
          "action"
        ],
        [
          "reluctant",
          "reluctant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(proscribed) Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛtɪsənt/"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/En-us-reticent.ogg/En-us-reticent.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/En-us-reticent.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-reticent.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-au-reticent.ogg/En-au-reticent.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-au-reticent.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "sense 1",
      "word": "reserved"
    },
    {
      "word": "restrained"
    },
    {
      "english": "See also Thesaurus:taciturn",
      "word": "tight-lipped"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sense 2",
      "word": "reluctant"
    },
    {
      "word": "unwilling"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sdǎržan",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "сдържан"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rezereviran",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "резеревиран"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "reticent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chénmò",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "沉默"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "tilbageholdende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "terughoudend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "vaitelias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "vähäpuheinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "réticent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "hésitant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "reticente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "still"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "verschwiegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "zurückhaltend"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "visszafogott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "hallgatag"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "reticente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かもく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kamoku",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "寡黙"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reticentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vózdržan",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "во́здржан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "whakakumu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "ngākau tōngā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "hūnguengue"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "tikumu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "memeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "stillfaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "tilbakeholden"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "reticent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "blank"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "małomówny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "dyskretny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "reticente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdéržannyj",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "сде́ржанный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrýtnyj",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "скры́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "šutljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "ćutljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "povučen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "reticente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "tillbakadragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "sluten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "förtegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reserved",
      "word": "tystlåten"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neobštitelen",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "необщителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neohoten",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "неохотен"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "zögerlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "zurückhaltend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "unwillig"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kólebliv",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "ко́леблив"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "tilbakeholden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "reservert"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hesitant, reluctant",
      "word": "uvillig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reticent"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": taciturn vs. chénmò",
  "path": [
    "reticent"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "reticent",
  "trace": ""
}

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