noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N T R AE1 N S AH0 JH AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:IH2 N T R AE1 N S IH0 JH AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising".
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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.