sentimental

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English

Etymology

sentiment +‎ -al

Pronunciation

Adjective

sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)

  1. Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.
    • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.
      Wish I was old and a little sentimental
  2. Derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment.
  3. Romantic.

Quotations

  • 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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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sentimental.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal
  • IPA(key): /sentimenˈtal/,

Adjective

sentimental

  1. sentimental

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

sentimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentals)

  1. sentimental

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French

Etymology

English sentimental. By surface analysis, sentiment +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sentimental (feminine sentimentale, masculine plural sentimentaux, feminine plural sentimentales)

  1. sentimental

Further reading

Galician

Adjective

sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)

  1. sentimental

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sentimental (strong nominative masculine singular sentimentaler, comparative sentimentaler, superlative am sentimentalsten)

  1. sentimental

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

Adjective

sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)

  1. sentimental

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

Adjective

sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)

  1. sentimental

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentimental.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

Adjective

sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)

  1. sentimental

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentimental. By surface analysis, sentiment +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sentimental m or n (feminine singular sentimentală, masculine plural sentimentali, feminine and neuter plural sentimentale)

  1. sentimental

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sentimenˈtal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

Adjective

sentimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentales)

  1. sentimental

Derived terms

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Further reading