resentiment

See also: ressentiment and Ressentiment

English

Etymology

From French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentment and ressentiment.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭ-zĕnʹtē-mənt, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɛn.ti.mənt/
• Hyphenation: re‧sen‧ti‧ment

Noun

resentiment (plural resentiments)

1. Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
2. Obsolete form of resentment.

Further reading

• “resentiment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “resentiment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “resentiment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “resentiment; resentment”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 5100, column 2.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ressentiment, from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir, via Old French sentir from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”).

Noun

resentiment n (plural resentimente)

1. resentment (anger or displeasure felt out of belief that others have engaged in wrongdoing or mistreatment; indignation.)

Declension

Declension of resentiment

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) resentiment	resentimentul	(niște) resentimente	resentimentele
genitive/dative	(unui) resentiment	resentimentului	(unor) resentimente	resentimentelor
vocative	resentimentule		resentimentelor