different between sentimental vs kitsch

English

Etymology

sentiment +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?nti?m?ntl?/
• Hyphenation: sen?ti?men?tal

Adjective

sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)

1. Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.
   • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.

2. Derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment.
3. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. sentimental

Romanian

Etymology

From French sentimental

Adjective

sentimental m or n (feminine singular sentimental?, masculine plural sentimentali, feminine and neuter plural sentimentale)

1. sentimental

Declension

Related terms

• sentimentalism
• sentimentalitate

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sentimen?tal/, [s?n?.t?i.m?n??t?al]

Adjective

sentimental (plural sentimentales)

1. 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.

English

Etymology

From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen (“to coat, to smear”), the word and concept were popularized in the 1930s by several critics who contrasted it with avant garde art.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: k?ch, IPA^(key): /k?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

kitsch (usually uncountable, plural kitsches)

1. Art, decorative objects and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
   • 1939, Clement Greenberg, "Avant Garde and Kitsch", The Partisan Review,

     Because it can be turned out mechanically, kitsch has become an integral part of our productive system in a way in which true culture could never be, except accidentally.

Synonyms

• camp

Derived terms

• kitschy
• extremokitsch

Translations

Adjective

kitsch (comparative kitscher or more kitsch, superlative kitschest or most kitsch)

1. Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
   • 1989, Graham Greene, Yours etc: Letters to the Press 1945-1989, ?ISBN, p. 243,

     […] a picture of lemur-eyed children of the sort one sees in the kitscher sort of Italian restaurant […]

   • 1996, Robert Silberman, "The stuff of art: Judy Onofrio", American Craft, Jun/Jul 1996, pp. 40-45,

     Abe Lincoln, Paul Bunyan and kitsch souvenir coconut heads come across as icons of masculinity.

   • 2005, Ronald Frame, "Critical Paranoia", Michigan Quarterly Review, Spring 2005, p. 285,

     I recognized her at once even though she wasn't wearing the tweed hunting outfit and the kitsch headwear.

Usage notes

• Although the forms kitscher and kitschest are attested, those formed on kitschy are more common, particularly for the comparative.

Synonyms

• corny

Translations

Anagrams

• schtik, shtick, skitch, thicks

French

Alternative forms

• kitch

Pronunciation

Noun

kitsch m (uncountable)

1. kitsch

Adjective

kitsch (invariable)

1. kitsch

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kitsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kit??/

Adjective

kitsch (invariable)

1. kitsch

   Synonym: pacchiano

Noun

kitsch m (uncountable)

1. kitsch

Further reading

• kitsch in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kitsch.

Adjective

kitsch (plural kitsch, comparable)

1. kitsch; kitschy (of questionable aesthetic value)

Noun

kitsch m (uncountable)

1. kitsch (art of questionable aesthetic value)

Further reading

• “kitsch” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From German Kitsch

Noun

kitsch n (plural kitschuri)

1. kitsch

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kitsch.

Noun

kitsch m (uncountable)

1. kitsch

Adjective

kitsch (invariable)

1. kitschy

   Synonyms: cursi, hortera

Further reading

• “kitsch” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kitsch.

Pronunciation

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /k?t?/

Noun

kitsch c (uncountable)

1. kitsch

Derived terms

• kitschig

Further reading

• kitsch in Svensk ordbok.