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Galician
Etymology
From Latin reticēns.
Adjective
reticente m or f (plural reticentes)
- reticent
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From Latin reticentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re.tiˈt͡ʃɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: re‧ti‧cèn‧te
Adjective
reticente (plural reticenti)
- reticent
Further reading
- reticente in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- reticente in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- reticente in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- reticente in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- reticente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
reticente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of reticēns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reticentem.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: re‧ti‧cen‧te
Adjective
reticente m or f (plural reticentes)
- reticent (keeping one’s thoughts to oneself)
Further reading
- “reticente”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “reticente”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “reticente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “reticente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “reticente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin reticentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /retiˈθente/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /retiˈsente/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: re‧ti‧cen‧te
Adjective
reticente m or f (masculine and feminine plural reticentes)
- reticent, reluctant
Derived terms
Further reading