different between strident vs roisterous
strident
English
Etymology
From French strident, from Latin str?d?ns, present active participle of str?d?.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?st?a?.d?nt/, [?st?a?d?nt]
Adjective
strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident)
- Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
- Grating or obnoxious
- (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
Derived terms
- stridently
- stridency
Related terms
Translations
Noun
strident (plural stridents)
- (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
- Hypernym: fricative
Translations
References
- strident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “strident”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- tridents
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?i.d??/
Adjective
strident (feminine singular stridente, masculine plural stridents, feminine plural stridentes)
- strident; producing a high-pitched or piercing sound
Further reading
- “strident” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tridents
Latin
Verb
str?dent
- third-person plural future active indicative of str?d?
Romanian
Etymology
From French strident, from Latin stridens.
Adjective
strident m or n (feminine singular strident?, masculine plural striden?i, feminine and neuter plural stridente)
- strident
Declension
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roisterous
English
Etymology
roister +? -ous
Adjective
roisterous (comparative more roisterous, superlative most roisterous)
- Loud and disorderly; carousing
- The New Year's Eve crowd was wild and roisterous.
Synonyms
- roistering
Derived terms
- roisterously
- roisterousness
See also
- boisterous
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