strident

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English

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Etymology

From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/,
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Adjective

strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident)

  1. Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
    The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
  2. Grating or obnoxious.
    The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
    • 2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182:
      If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.
  3. Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
    Coordinate term: vociferous
    • 2019 March 8, Dan Caldwell, Diplomacy, Force, And Leadership: Essays In Honor Of Alexander L. George, Routledge, →ISBN:
      The impact of [Jimmy Carter's] anger [at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan] on his attitude is confirmed by the moderation in his attitude that occurred. Once the president's anger began to subside, he became less strident in his pronouncements and more uncertain of Soviet motives.
  4. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
    • 2003 November 6, Stuart Cosgrove, “Taylor slagging Saddam shame.”, in Daily Record, Glasgow, archived from the original on 12 November 2012:
      Under David Taylor's stewardship, the SFA has made strident progress.

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Noun

strident (plural stridents)

  1. (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
    Hypernym: fricative

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

strident (feminine stridente, masculine plural stridents, feminine plural stridentes)

  1. strident; producing a high-pitched or piercing sound

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Latin

Verb

strīdent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of strīdō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French strident, from Latin stridens.

Adjective

strident m or n (feminine singular stridentă, masculine plural stridenți, feminine and neuter plural stridente)

  1. strident

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite strident stridentă stridenți stridente
definite stridentul stridenta stridenții stridentele
genitive-
dative
indefinite strident stridente stridenți stridente
definite stridentului stridentei stridenților stridentelor