recalcitrante

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See also: récalcitrante

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recalcitrantem. By surface analysis, recalcitrare +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re.kal.t͡ʃiˈtran.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: re‧cal‧ci‧tràn‧te

Adjective

recalcitrante (plural recalcitranti)

  1. recalcitrant
  2. restive

Further reading

  • recalcitrante in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • recalcitrante in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • recalcitrànte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

recalcitrante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of recalcitrāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recalcitrantem. By surface analysis, recalcitrar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

recalcitrante m or f (plural recalcitrantes)

  1. recalcitrant

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin recalcitrantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /rekalθiˈtɾante/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /rekalsiˈtɾante/
  • Audio (Argentina):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: re‧cal‧ci‧tran‧te

Adjective

recalcitrante m or f (masculine and feminine plural recalcitrantes)

  1. recalcitrant

Further reading