sentiment
English
Etymology
From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/
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Noun
sentiment (countable and uncountable, plural sentiments)
- A general thought, feeling, or sense.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
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- (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.
Translations
a general thought
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French
Etymology
From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃/
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Related terms
Further reading
- “sentiment” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin sentimentum.
Noun
sentiment m (plural sentiments)
Related terms
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 906.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sentiment, Latin sentimentum. Cf. also simțământ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sen.tiˈment/
Noun
sentiment n (plural sentimente)
Declension
declension of sentiment
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sentiment | sentimentul | (niște) sentimente | sentimentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) sentiment | sentimentului | (unor) sentimente | sentimentelor |
vocative | sentimentule | sentimentelor |
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