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English
Etymology
From Middle English strong , strang , from Old English strang , from Proto-West Germanic *strang , from Proto-Germanic *strangaz ( “ tight, strict, straight, strong ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ( “ taut, stiff, tight ” ) . Cognate with Scots strang ( “ strong ” ) , Saterland Frisian strang , West Frisian string ( “ austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough ” ) , Dutch streng ( “ strict, severe, tight ” ) , German streng ( “ strict, severe, austere ” ) , Swedish sträng , strang ( “ severe, strict, harsh ” ) , Norwegian strang ( “ strong, harsh, bitter ” ) , Norwegian streng ( “ strong, hard ” ) , Icelandic strangur ( “ strict ” ) , Latin stringō ( “ tighten ” ) .
Pronunciation
( UK ) enPR : strŏng , IPA (key ) : /stɹɒŋ/ , ,
( US ) enPR : strông , IPA (key ) : /stɹɔŋ/ , , ,
( cot –caught merger) enPR : strŏng , IPA (key ) : /stɹɑŋ/ , ,
Rhymes: -ɒŋ
Adjective
strong (comparative stronger , superlative strongest )
Capable of producing great physical force .
Synonyms: forceful , powerful
Antonyms: weak , forceless
a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong
The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
1853 April, Warren Isham, “Notes from Hungary ”, in Warren Isham, editor, The Michigan Farmer , volume XI, number 4:But what sight is that? It seems a town right in the river, each building standing upon its own foundation, with the deep, strong current of the river sweeping all around it? They are flouring mills operated by the natural current of the stream.
Capable of withstanding great physical force.
Synonyms: durable , sturdy , tough
Antonym: fragile
a strong foundation; good strong shoes
( broadly ) Possessing power , might , or strength .
1954 , J R R Tolkien , “The Passage of the Marshes”, in The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings; 2), HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2001 , page 619 :Perhaps we grows very strong , stronger than Wraiths. Lord Smeagol? Gollum the Great? The Gollum! Eat fish every day, three times a day, fresh from the sea.
2010 , Heinrich D Holland, Karl K. Turekian, Isotope Geochemistry :Outgassing of oxygen is strongest when primary production rates are greatest; ingassing is at a maximum during net respiration.
Determined ; unyielding .
Synonyms: ardent , zealous , ( dialectal ) swith
1918 , W B Maxwell , The Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company , →OCLC :The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong , like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
1934 March, Hermann Göring , Germany Reborn , page 47 :Ideas are eternal; they hang in the stars, and a man must be brave and strong enough to reach up to the stars and fetch down the fire from heaven and to carry the torch among men.
2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America , archived from the original on 7 February 2019 :It noted China was especially strong in the fast-growing area of “deep learning.”
He is strong in the face of adversity.
Highly stimulating to the senses .
Synonyms: extreme , intense
a strong light; a strong taste
Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor .
Synonym: rank
a strong smell
Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient .
Synonyms: concentrated , potent
Antonyms: weak , diluted , impotent
a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine
( specifically ) Having a high alcoholic content .
Synonym: hard
a strong drink
She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles , Lying Eyes
( grammar ) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak , such as Germanic verbs which change vowels .
Antonym: weak
a strong verb
( chemistry ) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution .
Antonym: weak
a strong acid; a strong base
( military ) Not easily subdued or taken.
Synonyms: impregnable , inviolable , secure , unassailable , unattackable
Antonym: weak
a strong position
Having wealth or resources .
a strong economy
( slang , US ) Impressive , good .
You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong !
Having a specified number of people or units.
The enemy's army force was five thousand strong .
c. 1587–1588 , [Christopher Marlowe ], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592 , →OCLC ; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973 , →ISBN , Act II, scene i :Our armie will be forty thouſand ſtrong , When Tamburlain and braue Theridamas Haue met vs by the riuer Araris : And all conioin’d to meete the witleſſe King, That now is marching neere to Parthia.
( of a disease or symptom ) Severe ; very bad or intense.
2005 , Andrew Gaeddert, Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions , North Atlantic Books, page 221 :Physicians may diagnosis influenza by a throat culture or blood test, which may be important if you have a particularly strong flu, if your doctor suspects pneumonia or a bacterial infection.
( mathematics , logic ) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
( of an argument ) Convincing .
1558 , John Knox , The Appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and moſt iniuſt ſentence pronounced againſt him by the falſe biſhoppes and clergie of Scotland , page 11v :[ …] but grounding him ſelfe vpon ſtrong reaſons, to wit, that he had not offended the Iewes, neither yet the Law, but that he was innocēt, and therefore that no iudge oght to geue hym in the hādes of his ennemies [ …]
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Translations
capable of producing great physical force
Abkhaz: аӷәӷәа ( ağğʷa )
Afrikaans: sterk (af)
Akkadian: 𒆗 ( dannu )
Albanian: i fortë (sq)
Amharic: ፈርጠም ( färṭäm )
Arabic: قَوِيّ ( qawiyy )
Hijazi Arabic: قَوي ( gawi )
Najdi Arabic: قُوي ( guwi )
Aragonese: fuerte
Armenian: ուժեղ (hy) ( užeġ )
Aromanian: vãrtos , cadãr , putut , ndrumin , silnãos , silnãvos
Assamese: বলী ( boli )
Asturian: fuerte (ast)
Avar: гучаб ( gučab )
Azerbaijani: güclü (az)
Banjarese: iskaya
Bashkir: көслө ( köslö ) , көстө ( köstö ) ( Eastern )
Belarusian: сі́льны ( sílʹny ) , мо́цны (be) ( mócny )
Bengali: শক্তিশালী (bn) ( śoktiśali )
Bhojpuri: मजबूत ( majᵊbūt )
Bikol Central: makusog (bcl)
Bulgarian: си́лен (bg) ( sílen )
Burmese: ကျန်း (my) ( kyan: ) , ပြင်း (my) ( prang: ) , ဗလဝ (my) ( ba.la.wa. )
Catalan: fort (ca)
Chamicuro: tinowa
Chechen: нуьцкъала ( nücqʼala ) , чӏогӏа ( čʼoğa )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 強 / 强 (zh) ( qiáng )
Chuukese: pochokun
Crimean Tatar: küçlü
Czech: silný (cs)
Dalmatian: fuart
Danish: stærk (da)
Dutch: sterk (nl) , krachtig (nl)
Esperanto: forta
Estonian: tugev (et)
Even: эӈси ( əŋsi )
Evenki: эңэси
Extremaduran: huerti
Finnish: vahva (fi) , voimakas (fi) , väkevä (fi)
French: fort (fr)
Friulian: fuart
Galician: forte (gl)
Georgian: ძლიერი ( ʒlieri )
German: stark (de) , kräftig (de)
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 ( swinþs )
Greek: δυνατός (el) ( dynatós ) , ισχυρός (el) ( ischyrós )
Ancient: ἰσχυρός ( iskhurós ) , σθεναρός ( sthenarós ) , καρτερός ( karterós ) , ( Epic ) ἴφιος ( íphios )
Greenlandic: sakkortuvoq
Haitian Creole: fò
Hebrew: חָזָק (he) ( khazák )
Hindi: बलवान (hi) ( balvān ) , ताक़तवर ( tāqatvar ) , शक्तिशाली ( śaktiśālī )
Hungarian: erős (hu)
Icelandic: sterkur (is)
Indonesian: kuat (id)
Ingrian: vahva , see Thesaurus:vahva
Irish: láidir , bríomhar , neartmhar , calma , urrúnta , tréan
Italian: forte (it) , aitante (it)
Japanese: 強い (ja) ( つよい, tsuyoi )
Javanese: kuat , rosa (jv)
Kazakh: күшті ( küştı )
Khmer: ខ្លាំង (km) ( khlang )
Kikai: 強さい ( つさい, tsusai )
Korean: 강하다 (ko) ( ganghada ) , 세다 (ko) ( seda )
Kunigami: 強ーせん ( ちゅーせん, chūsen )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەقوەت ( beqwet )
Kyrgyz: күчтүү (ky) ( küctüü )
Laboya: maddo , kadiwoka , kulha , tuhula
Lao: ກຳລັງ ( kam lang ) , ກັດ (lo) ( kat ) , ແຂງແຮງ (lo) ( khǣng hǣng ) , ແຮງ ( hǣng )
Latgalian: styprys , dykts
Latin: robustus , firmus , valens (la) , validus , potens (la)
Latvian: stiprs (lv) , varens , spēcīgs
Lithuanian: stiprus (lt)
Livonian: viš
Lombard: fort
Luxembourgish: staark
Macedonian: си́лен ( sílen )
Maguindanao: mabager
Malay: kuat (ms)
Maltese: qawwi
Manx: lajer
Maori: kaha (mi) , tāngutungutu , kōmārohi ( of physique or build )
Maranao: mabeger
Mari:
Eastern Mari: виян ( vijan )
Mbyá Guaraní: mbaraete
Mirandese: fuorte
Miyako: 強 ( つー, tsū )
Mongolian: бөх (mn) ( böx )
Nanai: манга ( maŋa )
Nepali: बलियो ( baliyo )
Norman: fort ( Jersey )
Northern Amami Ōshima: 強ーさり ( ちゅーさり, chūsari )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sterk (no)
Occitan: fòrt (oc)
Okinawan: 強ーさん ( ちゅーさん, chūsan )
Okinoerabu: 強ーさん ( ちゅーさん, chūsan )
Oromo: jabaa
Ossetian: тыхджын ( tyxǵyn )
Persian: قوی (fa) ( qavi ) , زورمند (fa) ( zurmand )
Plautdietsch: stoakj
Polish: silny (pl) , krzepki (pl) , mocny (pl)
Portuguese: forte (pt)
Quechua: sinchi
Romanian: puternic (ro)
Romansch: ferm
Russian: си́льный (ru) ( sílʹnyj ) , мо́щный (ru) ( móščnyj )
Sanskrit: प्रबल (sa) ( prabala ) , बलवान ( balavāna ) , सबल (sa) ( sabala )
Vedic: तूय (sa) ( tū́ya ) , तवस् (sa) ( tavás )
Sardinian: folte , forte , forti
Scottish Gaelic: làidir , cumhachdach , lùthmhor , neartmhor , treun
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: си̑лан , ја̏к , сна́жан
Roman: sȋlan (sh) , jȁk (sh) , snážan (sh)
Sidamo: jawaata
Slovak: silný
Slovene: močan (sl) , silen
Southern Amami Ōshima: 強ーさむっ ( ちゅーさむっ, chūsam )
Spanish: fuerte (es)
Sumerian: 𒆗 ( KALAG, KALAGA )
Swahili: imara (sw)
Swedish: kraftfull (sv) , stark (sv)
Tagalog: malakas
Tajik: қавӣ (tg) ( qavi )
Tatar: көчле ( köçle ) , куәтле ( quwätle )
Tausug: makusug
Telugu: బలమైన (te) ( balamaina )
Tetum: maka'as
Thai: แข็งแรง (th) ( kɛ̌ng-rɛɛng )
Tibetan: ཤུགས་ཆེན་པོ ( shugs chen po )
Tokunoshima: 強ーさい ( ちょーさい, chōsai )
Tongan: malohi
Turkish: güçlü (tr) , kuvvetli (tr) , gür (tr)
Turkmen: güýçli
Tuvan: шыдалдыг ( şıdaldıg ) , шыырак ( şıırak ) , дыңзыг ( dıñzıg ) , күштүг ( küştüg ) , мөчэк ( möçek )
Ukrainian: си́льний ( sýlʹnyj ) , мі́цний ( mícnyj )
Urdu: بلوان ( balavān ) , طاقتور ( tāqatvar )
Uyghur: كۈچلۈك ( küchlük )
Uzbek: kuchli (uz)
Vietnamese: mạnh (vi)
Welsh: cryf (cy) , cadarn (cy) , grymus (cy) , nerthol (cy)
West Frisian: sterk
Western Bukidnon Manobo: meviɣer
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Yaeyama: 強ーさん ( つーさん, tsūsan )
Yakut: бөҕө ( böğö ) , күүстээх ( küüsteeq )
Yámana: manakata
Yiddish: שטאַרק ( shtark )
Yonaguni: 強ん ( すさん, susan )
Yoron: 強ーさん ( ちゅーさん, chūsan )
Zhuang: ak , rengz
capable of withstanding great physical force
Afrikaans: sterk (af)
Arabic: مَنِيع ( manīʕ ) , مَتِيْن (ar) ( matiyn )
Armenian: պինդ (hy) ( pind )
Azerbaijani: möhkəm (az)
Bulgarian: як (bg) ( jak )
Catalan: fort (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 強力 / 强力 (zh) ( qiánglì )
Danish: stærk (da)
Dutch: sterk (nl) , stevig (nl)
Estonian: tugev (et)
Finnish: vahva (fi) , kestävä (fi) , luja (fi) , vankka (fi) , pitävä (fi)
French: solide (fr)
German: stark (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀαγής ( aagḗs )
Hebrew: חָזָק (he) ( khazak ) , עמיד ( ‘amíd )
Hindi: मज़बूत ( mazbūt ) , तगड़ा (hi) ( tagṛā )
Irish: láidir , urrúnta
Italian: solido (it)
Japanese: 強力な (ja) ( きょうりょくな, kyōryoku na )
Korean: 굳세다 ( gutseda )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەھێز (ckb) ( behêz ) , توند (ckb) ( tund )
Latin: obstans , firmus
Latvian: stiprs (lv) , izturīgs
Manx: lajer
Mari:
Eastern Mari: виян ( vijan )
Polish: wytrzymały (pl) , solidny (pl)
Portuguese: forte (pt) , resistente (pt)
Romanian: puternic (ro)
Russian: про́чный (ru) ( próčnyj ) , кре́пкий (ru) ( krépkij ) , сто́йкий (ru) ( stójkij )
Sanskrit: दृढ़
Scottish Gaelic: làidir
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сна́жан , си̑лан , кре̏пак
Roman: snážan (sh) , sȋlan (sh) , krȅpak (sh) , goroloman
Spanish: resistente (es)
Swahili: imara (sw)
Swedish: hållfast (sv) , stadig (sv) , stark (sv)
Telugu: దృఢమైన (te) ( dr̥ḍhamaina )
Turkish: dayanıklı (tr) , dirençli (tr) , mukavim (tr) , sağlam (tr)
Urdu: مضبوط ( mazbūt ) , تگڑا ( tagaṛā )
Vietnamese: chắc (vi)
Welsh: cadarn (cy) , solet (cy)
determined, unyielding
Afrikaans: sterk (af) , standvastig , determineerd
Arabic: قَوِيّ ( qawiyy ) , راسِخ ( rāsiḵ )
Azerbaijani: möhkəm (az) , davamlı , mətin
Bulgarian: решителен (bg) ( rešitelen )
Catalan: fort (ca)
Danish: stærk (da)
Dutch: sterk (nl) , standvastig (nl)
Finnish: luja (fi) , sisukas (fi) , sinnikäs (fi) , peräänantamaton (fi) , lannistumaton (fi) , sitkeä (fi) , hellittämätön (fi)
French: fort (fr)
German: standhaft (de)
Hebrew: נחוש (he) ( nakhúsh )
Italian: determinato (it) , convinto (it)
Japanese: 強い (ja) ( つよい, tsuyoi ) , 断固 とした ( danko to shita )
Korean: 굳세다 ( gutseda )
Latin: firmus
Maori: mārohirohi ( of character )
Norman: fort ( Jersey )
Portuguese: forte (pt)
Romanian: vârtos (ro)
Russian: сто́йкий (ru) ( stójkij )
Scottish Gaelic: làidir
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сна́жан
Roman: snážan (sh)
Swedish: energisk (sv) , stark (sv)
Telugu: దృఢమైన (te) ( dr̥ḍhamaina )
Thai: แข็งแกร่ง (th)
highly stimulating to the senses
having an offensive or intense odor or flavor
Afrikaans: sterk (af)
Arabic: شَدِيْد ( šadiyd )
Catalan: fort (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 強烈 / 强烈 (zh) ( qiángliè )
Dutch: sterk (nl) , krachtig (nl)
Finnish: voimakas (fi) , väkevä (fi)
French: fort (fr)
German: streng (de)
Ingrian: väkövä
Irish: borb , garg
Italian: intenso (it) , cattivo (it) , forte (it)
Japanese: 強烈な (ja) ( きょうれつな, kyōretsu na )
Korean: 짙다 (ko) ( jitda )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەقوەت ( beqwet ) , کەسکوون ( keskûn )
Latin: firmus
Norman: fort ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sterk (no)
Polish: mocny (pl)
Portuguese: forte (pt)
Russian: ре́зкий (ru) ( rézkij ) , я́ркий (ru) ( járkij ) ( color ) , си́льный (ru) ( sílʹnyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сна́жан
Roman: snážan (sh)
Spanish: fuerte (es)
Swahili: imara (sw)
Swedish: frän (sv) , stark (sv) , skarp (sv)
having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient
Afrikaans: sterk (af) , konsentreerd
Arabic: حَادّ ( ḥādd ) , ثَقِيْل ( ṯaqiyl )
Azerbaijani: tünd , qəliz ( of liquids, solutions )
Bashkir: ҡаты ( qatı ) ( of tea, coffee )
Bulgarian: силен (bg) ( silen )
Catalan: fort (ca)
Danish: stærk (da)
Dutch: sterk (nl) , geconcentreerd (nl)
Finnish: väkevä (fi)
French: fort (fr)
German: stark (de) ( of coffee, tee, tobacco ) , kräftig (de) ( of broth )
Hebrew: חָזָק (he) ( khazák )
Hungarian: erős (hu)
Italian: forte (it)
Japanese: 強い (ja) ( つよい, tsuyoi )
Korean: 짙다 (ko) ( jitda )
Latin: firmus
Latvian: stiprs (lv) , spēcīgs
Manx: çhiu
Norman: fort ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sterk (no)
Polish: mocny (pl)
Portuguese: forte (pt)
Russian: кре́пкий (ru) ( krépkij ) , сильноде́йствующий (ru) ( silʹnodéjstvujuščij ) , си́льный (ru) ( sílʹnyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ја̏к
Roman: jȃk (sh)
Swahili: imara (sw)
Swedish: stark (sv)
Telugu: గాఢమైన ( gāḍhamaina )
Turkish: sert (tr)
having a high alcoholic content
military: not easily subdued or taken
having a specified number of people or units
Translations to be checked
Estonian: (please verify ) tugev (et)
German: (please verify ) stark (de) (1,2,3,4,5,6), (please verify ) kräftig (de) (1,4)
Greek: (please verify ) δυνατός (el) ( dynatós )
Ido: (please verify ) forta (io)
Irish: (please verify ) balcánta , (please verify ) urrúsach
Mandarin: (please verify ) 强壮的 , (please verify ) 坚固的 ( jiāngù de )
Spanish: (please verify ) fuerte (es) , (please verify ) resistente (es)
Tzotzil: (please verify ) tzotz
See also
Adverb
strong (not comparable )
In a strong manner.
Synonyms
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English strang , form Proto-Germanic *strangaz .
Pronunciation
Adjective
strong (plural and weak singular stronge , comparative strenger or stronger , superlative strengest or strongest )
strong
Antonyms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
From Old French estrange .
Adjective
strong
Alternative form of straunge
Old English
Adjective
strong
Alternative form of strang
Swedish
Etymology
Through Swedish slang, based on English strong , since 1922. There is also a form strång with a different sense since 1640.
Adjective
strong (comparative strongare , superlative strongast )
( colloquial ) mentally and morally strong , courageous
( colloquial ) strong (of a performance or the like)
Synonym: stark
Declension
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
References
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English strong .
Adjective
strong
Capable of producing great physical force ; strong .
Capable of withstanding great physical force; strong .
Determined , unyielding .
See also
Noun
strong
Strength
1989 , Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin , Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22 :Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.” →New International Version translation