sentimental
English
Pronunciation
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Quotations
- 1885: Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado,
- Are you in sentimental mood?
- I'll sigh with you.
- 1944: Doris Day, Sentimental Journey,
- Gonna take a Sentimental Journey,
- Gonna set my heart at ease.
- Gonna make a Sentimental Journey,
- to renew old memories.
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Translations
characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion
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derived from emotion rather than reason
romantic
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Catalan
Derived terms
- sentimentalisme
- sentimentalitat
- sentimentalment
Related terms
Further reading
- “sentimental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal/
- Homophones: sentimentale, sentimentales
Adjective
sentimental (feminine singular sentimentale, masculine plural sentimentaux, feminine plural sentimentales)
Further reading
- “sentimental” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
Borrowed from French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌzɛntimɛnˈtaːl/
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.
Adjective
sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)
Antonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.
Adjective
sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)
Antonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French sentimental.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.ti.mẽ.ˈtaɫ/
- Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal
- Rhymes: -aw
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sentimenˈtal/, [sẽn̪t̪imẽn̪ˈt̪al]
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “sentimental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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