different between extravagant vs sentimental
extravagant
English
Etymology
From Old French and French extravagant, from Medieval Latin extravagans, past participle of extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagari (“to wander, stray”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?st?æv???nt/
Adjective
extravagant (comparative more extravagant, superlative most extravagant)
- Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
- Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excessive
- There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.
- Exorbitant.
- Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
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Related terms
- vagabond
- extravagance
- extravagation
Translations
Further reading
- extravagant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- extravagant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
Medieval Latin extravagans
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?ks.t??.v???ant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?ks.t??.b???an/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /eks.t?a.va??ant/
Adjective
extravagant (feminine extravaganta, masculine plural extravagants, feminine plural extravagantes)
- extravagant
Further reading
- “extravagant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “extravagant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “extravagant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Medieval Latin extravagans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.st?a.va.???/
Adjective
extravagant (feminine singular extravagante, masculine plural extravagants, feminine plural extravagantes)
- extravagant
Derived terms
- extravagamment
Related terms
- extravagance
Further reading
- “extravagant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From French extravagant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
extravagant (comparative extravaganter, superlative am extravagantesten)
- extravagant
Declension
Related terms
- Extravaganz
Further reading
- “extravagant” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
From French extravagant.
Adjective
extravagant m or n (feminine singular extravagant?, masculine plural extravagan?i, feminine and neuter plural extravagante)
- extravagant
Declension
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sentimental
English
Etymology
sentiment +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?nti?m?ntl?/
- Hyphenation: sen?ti?men?tal
Adjective
sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)
- Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.
- 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.
- 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.
- Derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment.
- Romantic.
Quotations
- 1885: Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado,
- Are you in sentimental mood?
- I'll sigh with you.
- 1944: Doris Day, Sentimental Journey,
- Gonna take a Sentimental Journey,
- Gonna set my heart at ease.
- Gonna make a Sentimental Journey,
- to renew old memories.
Antonyms
- unsentimental
Derived terms
- sentimentalism
- sentimentality
- sentimentally
Translations
Anagrams
- entailments
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /s?n.ti.m?n?tal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /sen.ti.men?tal/
Adjective
sentimental (masculine and feminine plural sentimentals)
- sentimental
Derived terms
- sentimentalisme
- sentimentalitat
- sentimentalment
Related terms
- sentiment
Further reading
- “sentimental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??.ti.m??.tal/
- Homophones: sentimentale, sentimentales
Adjective
sentimental (feminine singular sentimentale, masculine plural sentimentaux, feminine plural sentimentales)
- sentimental
Further reading
- “sentimental” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Adjective
sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)
- sentimental
Derived terms
- sentimentalidade
- sentimentalismo
- sentimentalmente
Related terms
- sentimento
Further reading
- “sentimental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?z?ntim?n?ta?l/
Adjective
sentimental (comparative sentimentaler, superlative am sentimentalsten)
- sentimental
Declension
Further reading
- “sentimental” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.
Adjective
sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)
- sentimental
Antonyms
- usentimental
References
- “sentimental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.
Adjective
sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)
- sentimental
Antonyms
- usentimental
References
- “sentimental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French sentimental.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /s?.ti.m?.?ta?/
- Hyphenation: sen?ti?men?tal
- Rhymes: -aw
Adjective
sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais, comparable)
- sentimental
Romanian
Etymology
From French sentimental
Adjective
sentimental m or n (feminine singular sentimental?, masculine plural sentimentali, feminine and neuter plural sentimentale)
- sentimental
Declension
Related terms
- sentimentalism
- sentimentalitate
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sentimen?tal/, [s?n?.t?i.m?n??t?al]
Adjective
sentimental (plural sentimentales)
- sentimental
Derived terms
- sentimentalidad
- sentimentalismo
- sentimentalmente
- valor sentimental
Related terms
- sentimiento
Further reading
- “sentimental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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