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English
Adjective
intransigeant (comparative more intransigeant, superlative most intransigeant)
- Alternative form of intransigent
1964, C. P. Snow, Corridors Of Power:‘That's not good enough!’ Her voice rang out like a challenge. I would talk to her sometime in the nearish future. ‘No.’ Her reply was intransigeant.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. By surface analysis, in- + transiger + -ant, literally “uncompromising”.
Pronunciation
Adjective
intransigeant (feminine intransigeante, masculine plural intransigeants, feminine plural intransigeantes)
- intransigent, unaccommodating
- Synonym: sévère
- Antonyms: conciliant, accommodant, (uncommon) transigeant
Il est intransigeant sur la qualité du travail accompli.- He is uncompromising about the quality of the work done.
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