intransigeant

English

Adjective

intransigeant (comparative more intransigeant, superlative most intransigeant)

1. Alternative form of intransigent
   • 1964, C. P. Snow, Corridors Of Power:

     ‘That's not good enough!’ Her voice rang out like a challenge. I would talk to her sometime in the nearish future. ‘No.’ Her reply was intransigeant.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. By surface analysis, in- +‎ transiger +‎ -ant, literally “uncompromising”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃/

Adjective

intransigeant (feminine intransigeante, masculine plural intransigeants, feminine plural intransigeantes)

1. intransigent, unaccommodating

   Synonym: sévère

   Antonyms: conciliant, accommodant, (uncommon) transigeant

Derived terms

• intransigeance

Descendants

• → English: intransigent
  • → German: intransigent
• → Romanian: intransigent

Further reading

• “intransigeant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “intransigeant” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “intransigeant” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.