different between sentiment vs conception

English

Etymology

From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.t?.m?nt/

Noun

sentiment (countable and uncountable, plural sentiments)

1. A general thought, feeling, or sense.

   The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.
2. (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sentimentum; sentir +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /s?n.ti?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /s?n.ti?men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen.ti?ment/

Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. emotion; feeling; sentiment

Related terms

• sentimental
• sentimentalisme

See also

• emoció

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentiment, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.ti?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: sen?ti?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

sentiment n (plural sentimenten)

1. (countable, uncountable) sentiment

Derived terms

• sentimenteel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sentiment
• ? Indonesian: sentimen

French

Etymology

From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.ti.m??/

Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. A sentiment, general thought, sense or feeling.
2. An opinion.

Related terms

• sentir

Further reading

• “sentiment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [senti?men]

Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. feeling (emotion; impression)
2. feeling, intuition
3. sentiment, emotion

Related terms

• sentimental
• sentir

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 906.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentiment, Latin sentimentum. Cf. also sim??mânt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sen.ti?ment/

Noun

sentiment n (plural sentimente)

1. sentiment, thought, sense, feeling

   Synonyms: sim?ire, (dated) sim??mânt

2. belief, opinion

   Synonyms: credin??, opinie, convingere

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin concepti? (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipi?, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?p??n/

Noun

conception (countable and uncountable, plural conceptions)

1. The act of conceiving.
2. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
3. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
4. The start of pregnancy.
5. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
6. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
7. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

Antonyms

• misconception

Coordinate terms

• inception

Related terms

• conceive
• concept

Translations

See also

• contraception

References

• conception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• conception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• nonectopic

French

Etymology

From Old French conception, concepcion, borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s?p.sj??/

Noun

conception f (plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)
2. conception (beginning, start)
3. ability to understand
4. viewpoint; angle
5. concept, idea

Related terms

• concept
• concevoir

Further reading

• “conception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• concepcion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

Noun

conception f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: concepcioun, concepcion, concepciun, concepcyon, consepcioun
  • English: conception
• French: conception