"strident" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/ [UK, US], [ˈstɹaɪdˀnt] [UK, US] Audio: en-us-strident.ogg [US] Forms: more strident [comparative], most strident [superlative]
Etymology: From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|strident}} French strident, {{der|en|la|strīdēns}} Latin strīdēns, {{m|la|strīdō}} strīdō Head templates: {{en-adj}} strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident)
  1. Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding Translations (loud, piercing): рязък (rjazǎk) (Bulgarian), пронизващ (pronizvašt) (Bulgarian), snerpend (Dutch), strida (Esperanto), strident (French), criard (French), gellend (German), géarghlórach (Irish), géar (Irish), sianach (Irish), garg (Irish), strīdulus (Latin), pākinakina (Maori), rengarenga (Maori), maioro (Maori), tioro (Maori), пронзительный (pronzitelʹnyj) (Russian), ре́зкий (rézkij) (Russian), estridente (Spanish), gıcırtılı (Turkish), tiz (Turkish), прони́зливий (pronýzlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-strident-en-adj-vwqndY1s Disambiguation of 'loud, piercing': 86 5 9
  2. Grating or obnoxious
    Sense id: en-strident-en-adj-CQWTqGv5
  3. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides Tags: nonstandard
    Sense id: en-strident-en-adj-tMxALMP- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 73 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stridently, stridency Related terms: stridor, stridulous

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/ [UK, US], [ˈstɹaɪdˀnt] [UK, US] Audio: en-us-strident.ogg [US] Forms: stridents [plural]
Etymology: From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|strident}} French strident, {{der|en|la|strīdēns}} Latin strīdēns, {{m|la|strīdō}} strīdō Head templates: {{en-noun}} strident (plural stridents)
  1. (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics: one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth): érdes (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-strident-en-noun-Kc7mbNwZ Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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}

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    "English terms with audio links"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "strīdēns"
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        "2": "strīdō"
      },
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        "plural"
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        "sciences"
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        "US"
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        "US"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "linguistics: one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth",
      "word": "érdes"
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