different between inert vs languorous
inert
English
Etymology
From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n??t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Adjective
inert (comparative more inert, superlative most inert)
- Unable to move or act; inanimate.
- In chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
- Having no therapeutic action.
Synonyms
- (unable to move or act): dormant, motionless; see also Thesaurus:inactive or Thesaurus:stationary
- (not readily reacting): unreactive
Derived terms
- inert gas
- inertly
Translations
See also
- inertia
Noun
inert (plural inerts)
- (chemistry) A substance that does not react chemically.
Verb
inert (third-person singular simple present inerts, present participle inerting, simple past and past participle inerted)
- To fill with an inert gas to reduce the risk of explosion.
Anagrams
- -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inter, inter-, niter, nitre, riten., terin, trine
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin iners.
Adjective
inert (feminine inerta, masculine plural inerts, feminine plural inertes)
- inert
Derived terms
- gas inert
- inertament
Related terms
- inèrcia
Further reading
- “inert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “inert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
inert (comparative inerter, superlative am inertesten)
- inert
Declension
Further reading
- “inert” in Duden online
Romanian
Etymology
From French inerte, from Latin iners.
Adjective
inert m or n (feminine singular inert?, masculine plural iner?i, feminine and neuter plural inerte)
- inert
Declension
inert From the web:
- what inertia
- what inertia means
- what inertia in physics
- what inert means
- what inert gas
- what inertia is present in a stretched rubber
- what inert pair effect
languorous
English
Alternative forms
- langorous
- langourous
- languourous
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?læ???r?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?læ?(?)?r?s/
- Hyphenation: lan?guo?rous
Etymology
From Middle French langoreux
Adjective
languorous (comparative more languorous, superlative most languorous)
- lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
- 8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg
- After a languorous stretch of exposition that introduces a lot of pseudoscientific mumbo-jumbo and enough supporting characters to fill a Dickens novel (played by the likes of Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, and Ruby Rose), we follow a three-person submersible down to the ocean depths.
- 8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg
Related terms
- languid
- languish
- languor
Translations
languorous From the web:
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- what does languorous definition
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- what does languorous mean synonym
- what does languorous mean in literature
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- what does languorous mean in a sentence
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