stubbornness

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstʌbən(n)əs/
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• General-American: /ˈstʌbɚn(n)əs/
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• CMU ARPABET: S T AH1 B ER0 N N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: S T AH1 B ER0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English stubborn Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English stubbornness From stubborn + -ness.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عِنَاد (ʕinād) — state of being stubborn
• Azerbaijani: inadkarlıq — state of being stubborn
• Belarusian: упа́ртасць (upártascʹ) — state of being stubborn
• Breton: pennegezh — state of being stubborn
• Bulgarian: упори́тост (uporítost) — state of being stubborn
• Bulgarian: ина́т (inát) — state of being stubborn
• Catalan: tossuderia — state of being stubborn
• Catalan: entercament — state of being stubborn
• Chinese Mandarin: 頑固 /顽固 (wángù) — state of being stubborn
• Chinese Mandarin: 固執 /固执 (gùzhí) — state of being stubborn
• Czech: tvrdohlavost — state of being stubborn
• Danish: stædighed — state of being stubborn
• Dutch: halsstarrigheid — state of being stubborn
• Esperanto: obstino — state of being stubborn
• Faroese: treiskleiki — state of being stubborn
• Faroese: treiskni — state of being stubborn
• Faroese: tvørskapur — state of being stubborn
• Finnish: itsepäisyys — state of being stubborn
• Finnish: jääräpäisyys — state of being stubborn
• French: entêtement — state of being stubborn
• Galician: teimosía — state of being stubborn
• Georgian: სიჯიუტე (siǯiuṭe) — state of being stubborn
• Georgian: შეუპოვრობა (šeuṗovroba) — state of being stubborn
• German: Sturheit — state of being stubborn
• Greek: πείσμα (peísma) — state of being stubborn
• Greek: ισχυρογνωμοσύνη (ischyrognomosýni) — state of being stubborn
• Greek: γινάτι (gináti) — state of being stubborn
• Hindi: हठधर्मिता (haṭhdharmitā) — state of being stubborn
• Hindi: हठधर्म (haṭhdharm) — state of being stubborn
• Hindi: हठ (haṭh) — state of being stubborn
• Hungarian: csökönyösség — state of being stubborn
• Icelandic: þrjóska — state of being stubborn
• Irish: ceanndánacht — state of being stubborn
• Italian: cocciutaggine — state of being stubborn
• Italian: testardaggine — state of being stubborn
• Italian: ostinazione — state of being stubborn
• Japanese: 頑固 (ganko) — state of being stubborn
• Kashubian: ùpartosc — state of being stubborn
• Korean: 완고 (wan'go) — state of being stubborn
• Latin: obstinātiō — state of being stubborn
• Macedonian: твр́доглавост (tvŕdoglavost) — state of being stubborn
• Macedonian: сво́еглавост (svóeglavost) — state of being stubborn
• Macedonian: упорност (upornost) — state of being stubborn
• Macedonian: инает (inaet) — state of being stubborn
• Macedonian: инат (inat) — state of being stubborn
• Old English: ānwilnes — state of being stubborn
• Polish: upór — state of being stubborn
• Polish: upartość — state of being stubborn
• Portuguese: teimosia — state of being stubborn
• Romanian: încăpățânare — state of being stubborn
• Russian: упря́мство (uprjámstvo) — state of being stubborn
• Russian: упо́рство (upórstvo) — state of being stubborn
• Russian: твердоло́бость (tverdolóbostʹ) — state of being stubborn
• Russian: упёртость (upjórtostʹ) — state of being stubborn
• Serbo-Croatian: тврдо̀главо̄ст — state of being stubborn
• Serbo-Croatian: упо́рно̄ст — state of being stubborn
• Serbo-Croatian: tvrdòglavōst — state of being stubborn
• Serbo-Croatian: upórnōst — state of being stubborn
• Slovak: tvrdohlavosť — state of being stubborn
• Slovene: trmoglavost — state of being stubborn
• Slovene: trma — state of being stubborn
• Spanish: testarudez — state of being stubborn
• Spanish: terquedad — state of being stubborn
• Spanish: cerrazón — state of being stubborn
• Spanish: cabezonería — state of being stubborn
• Tagalog: kalig-inan — state of being stubborn
• Tagalog: lig-in — state of being stubborn
• Tagalog: baltik — state of being stubborn
• Thai: ความดื้อรั้น — state of being stubborn
• Turkish: inatçılık — state of being stubborn
• Turkish: inat — state of being stubborn
• Turkish: ısrar — state of being stubborn
• Ottoman Turkish: عناد (ʿinad) — state of being stubborn
• Ottoman Turkish: تمرد (temerrüd) — state of being stubborn
• Ottoman Turkish: اصرار (ısrar) — state of being stubborn
• Ukrainian: упе́ртість (upértistʹ) — state of being stubborn
• Urdu: ضِد (zid) — state of being stubborn
• Urdu: اِصْرَار (isrār) — state of being stubborn