pungent

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Borrowed from Latin pungens (stem pungent-), present participle of pungo (“to sting”). Doublet of poignant.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: কেঁহা (kẽha) — having a strong odour
• Belarusian: во́стры (vóstry) — having a strong odour
• Bulgarian: остър (ostǎr) — having a strong odour
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺鼻 (cìbí) — having a strong odour
• Czech: štiplavý — having a strong odour
• Czech: pronikavý — having a strong odour
• Czech: čpavý — having a strong odour
• Dutch: scherp — having a strong odour
• Dutch: stekend — having a strong odour
• Finnish: pistävä — having a strong odour
• French: âcre — having a strong odour
• German: stechend — having a strong odour
• German: beißend — having a strong odour
• German: penetrant — having a strong odour
• Greek: δριμύς (drimýs) — having a strong odour
• Greek: οξύς (oxýs) — having a strong odour
• Greek: αψύς (apsýs) — having a strong odour
• Ancient Greek: δριμύς (drimús) — having a strong odour
• Hungarian: szúrós szagú — having a strong odour
• Hungarian: csípős — having a strong odour
• Irish: borb — having a strong odour
• Italian: pungente — having a strong odour
• Italian: acre — having a strong odour
• Latvian: kodīgs — having a strong odour
• Latvian: sīvs — having a strong odour
• Māori: kanekane — having a strong odour
• Polish: ostry — having a strong odour
• Polish: kłujący — having a strong odour
• Polish: gryzący — having a strong odour
• Romanian: înțepător — having a strong odour
• Russian: е́дкий (jédkij) — having a strong odour
• Russian: о́стрый (óstryj) — having a strong odour
• Spanish: acre — having a strong odour
• Spanish: pungente — having a strong odour
• Swedish: stickande — having a strong odour
• Thai: ฉุน (chǔn) — having a strong odour
• Ottoman Turkish: كسكین (keskin) — having a strong odour
• Vietnamese: hăng — having a strong odour
• Vietnamese: gắt — having a strong odour
• Bulgarian: пикантен (pikanten) — having a strong flavor
• Czech: ostrý — having a strong flavor
• Czech: palčivý — having a strong flavor
• Czech: výrazný — having a strong flavor
• Ancient Greek: δριμύς (drimús) — having a strong flavor
• Latvian: ass — having a strong flavor
• Malayalam: എരിവ് (erivŭ) — having a strong flavor
• Polish: ostry — having a strong flavor
• Romanian: înțepător — having a strong flavor
• Sanskrit: तिग्म (tigma) — having a strong flavor
• Spanish: acre — having a strong flavor
• Spanish: acerbo — having a strong flavor
• Spanish: pungente — having a strong flavor
• Swedish: skarp — having a strong flavor
• Ottoman Turkish: كسكین (keskin) — having a strong flavor
• Ottoman Turkish: ایتی (iti) — having a strong flavor
• Ottoman Turkish: حریف (hirrif) — having a strong flavor
• Czech: kousavý — stinging (remark or critique)
• Czech: sžíravý — stinging (remark or critique)
• Czech: jizlivý — stinging (remark or critique)
• Polish: zjadliwy — stinging (remark or critique)
• Polish: zgryźliwy — stinging (remark or critique)
• Belarusian: во́стры (vóstry) — having a sharp and stiff point
• Bulgarian: заострен (zaostren) — having a sharp and stiff point
• Chinese Mandarin: 辛辣 (xīnlà) — having a sharp and stiff point
• Dutch: scherp — having a sharp and stiff point
• French: pointu — having a sharp and stiff point
• French: piquant — having a sharp and stiff point
• Greek: δηκτικός (diktikós) — having a sharp and stiff point
• Greek: καυστικός (kafstikós) — having a sharp and stiff point
• Hungarian: éles — having a sharp and stiff point
• Hungarian: árvégű — having a sharp and stiff point
• Hungarian: hegyes — having a sharp and stiff point
• Hungarian: szúrós — having a sharp and stiff point
• Italian: salace — having a sharp and stiff point
• Italian: pungente — having a sharp and stiff point
• Italian: tagliente — having a sharp and stiff point
• Italian: mordace — having a sharp and stiff point
• Italian: caustico — having a sharp and stiff point
• Italian: sferzante — having a sharp and stiff point
• Latvian: ass — having a sharp and stiff point
• Latvian: smails — having a sharp and stiff point
• Polish: ostry — having a sharp and stiff point
• Russian: е́дкий (jédkij) — having a sharp and stiff point
• Russian: о́стрый (óstryj) — having a sharp and stiff point
• Spanish: punzante — having a sharp and stiff point
• Spanish: pungente — having a sharp and stiff point