repugnant
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English repugnaunt, from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)
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CollocationsEdit
- repugnant act
- repugnant nature
- repugnant behavior
- repugnant practice
- repugnant character
- repugnant thing
- repugnant crime
TranslationsEdit
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Further readingEdit
- repugnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- repugnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin repugnāns, attested from 1803.[1]
AdjectiveEdit
repugnant (masculine and feminine plural repugnants)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “repugnant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further readingEdit
- “repugnant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “repugnant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “repugnant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
repugnant
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French repugnant.
AdjectiveEdit
repugnant m (feminine singular repugnante, masculine plural repugnans, feminine plural repugnantes)
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.
AdjectiveEdit
repugnant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repugnant or repugnante)
DescendantsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
repugnant m or n (feminine singular repugnantă, masculine plural repugnanți, feminine and neuter plural repugnante)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | repugnant | repugnantă | repugnanți | repugnante | ||
definite | repugnantul | repugnanta | repugnanții | repugnantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | repugnant | repugnante | repugnanți | repugnante | ||
definite | repugnantului | repugnantei | repugnanților | repugnantelor |