incessant

English

Etymology

From Old French incessant

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

incessant (comparative more incessant, superlative most incessant)

Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.

Synonyms

Translations

without pause or stop; not ending

Armenian: անդուլ (hy) (andul)
Bulgarian: непрестанен (bg) (neprestanen)
Catalan: incessant (ca)
Czech: neustálý (cs)
Dutch: voortdurend (nl), onophoudelijk (nl)
Finnish: herkeämätön (fi), alituinen, lakkaamaton (fi)
Galician: incesante
Greek: αδιάλειπτος (el) (adiáleiptos)
Ancient: ἀδιάλειπτος (adiáleiptos)

Icelandic: sífelldur, þrálaus, þrálátur, viðstöðulaus, stöðugur
Marathi: अविश्रांत n (avishrant)
Portuguese: incessante (pt)
Russian: постоя́нный (ru) (postojánnyj), непреры́вный (ru) (neprerývnyj), непрекращающийся (ru) (neprekraščajuščijsja)
Scottish Gaelic: sìor
Spanish: incesante (es)
Swedish: oavbruten (sv), oavlåtlig (sv), oupphörlig (sv), ständig (sv)

Anagrams

anticness, cantiness, instances, tenascins

Catalan

Etymology

in- +‎ cessant

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /in.səˈsant/

(Central) IPA^(key): /in.səˈsan/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.seˈsant/

Adjective

incessant (masculine and feminine plural incessants)

incessant

Related terms

cessar

French

Adjective

incessant (feminine singular incessante, masculine plural incessants, feminine plural incessantes)

incessant

Further reading

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

Anagrams

instances

Latin

Verb

incessant

third-person plural present active subjunctive of incessō

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