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crucial
English
Etymology
1706, from French crucial, a medical term for ligaments of the knee (which cross each other), from Latin crux, crucis (“cross”) (English crux), from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).
The meaning “decisive, critical” is extended from a logical term, Instantias Crucis, adopted by Francis Bacon in his influential Novum Organum (1620); the notion is of cross fingerboard signposts at forking roads, thus a requirement to choose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?u?.??l/
- Rhymes: -u???l
Adjective
crucial (comparative more crucial, superlative most crucial)
- Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:important
- (archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
- (slang, especially Jamaican, Bermuda) Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
Derived terms
- crucial experiment
Related terms
- cross
- crux
Translations
References
French
Etymology
From a root of Latin crux (“cross”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?y.sjal/
Adjective
crucial (feminine singular cruciale, masculine plural cruciaux, feminine plural cruciales)
- cruciform
- crucial, critical, vital
Further reading
- “crucial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cru?ci?al
Adjective
crucial m or f (plural cruciais, comparable)
- crucial
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:crucial.
Romanian
Etymology
From French crucial
Adjective
crucial m or n (feminine singular crucial?, masculine plural cruciali, feminine and neuter plural cruciale)
- pivotal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From English crucial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /k?u??jal/, [k?u??jal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /k?u?sjal/, [k?u?sjal]
Adjective
crucial (plural cruciales)
- crucial
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exigent
English
Etymology
From Latin exig?ns, present active participle of exig? (“demand, require”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??k.s?.d??nt/, /???.z?.d??nt/
Adjective
exigent (comparative more exigent, superlative most exigent)
- Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
- 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence
- Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.
- 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence
- Demanding; requiring great effort.
Derived terms
Related terms
- exigence
- exigency
- exigenter
Translations
Noun
exigent (plural exigents)
- (archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
- (archaic) The amount that is required.
- (obsolete, Britain, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Abbott to this entry?)
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin exig?ns, present active participle of exig? (“demand, require”).
Adjective
exigent (masculine and feminine plural exigents)
- exigent, demanding
Related terms
- exigència
- exigir
Further reading
- “exigent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “exigent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “exigent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “exigent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Verb
exigent
- third-person plural present indicative of exiger
- third-person plural present subjunctive of exiger
Latin
Verb
exigent
- third-person plural future active indicative of exig?
Romanian
Etymology
From French exigeant, from Latin exigens.
Adjective
exigent m or n (feminine singular exigent?, masculine plural exigen?i, feminine and neuter plural exigente)
- demanding
Declension
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