tenacious

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• /təˈneɪʃəs/
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• CMU ARPABET: T AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), + -ious.

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կպչուն (kpčʻun) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Armenian: կառչուն (kaṙčʻun) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Armenian: բռնունակ (bṙnunak) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Azerbaijani: yapışan — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Azerbaijani: yapışqan — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Azerbaijani: özlü — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Bulgarian: лепкав (lepkav) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Esperanto: tenaca — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Finnish: tarttuva — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Finnish: tarrautuva — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• German: fest haftend — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• German: festklebend — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• German: klebrig — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Icelandic: fastheldinn — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Irish: greamúsach — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Latin: tenax — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Macedonian: ле́плив (lépliv) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Polish: lepki — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Portuguese: aderente — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Portuguese: tenaz — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Russian: вя́зкий (vjázkij) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Russian: ли́пкий (lípkij) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Russian: кле́йкий (kléjkij) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Spanish: aferrado — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Swedish: fasthållande — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Swedish: fasthängande — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Swedish: klibbig — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Swedish: seg — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Swedish: fast — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Turkish: yapışkan — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Turkish: sıkıca tutan — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان (yapışkan) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Ukrainian: чіпкий (čipkyj) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Ukrainian: липкий (lypkyj) — clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
• Armenian: հաստատակամ (hastatakam) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Armenian: համառ (hamaṙ) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Azerbaijani: tərs — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Azerbaijani: inadkar — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Azerbaijani: kəc — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Bulgarian: упорит (uporit) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Catalan: tenaç — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Chinese Mandarin: 頑強 /顽强 (wánqiáng) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Czech: neústupný — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Czech: houževnatý — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Czech: vytrvalý — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Dutch: hardnekkig — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Esperanto: tenaca — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Finnish: sitkeä — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Finnish: sinnikäs — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Finnish: itsepintainen — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Finnish: itsepäinen — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• French: tenace — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Galician: releón — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Galician: tenaz — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Galician: porfiado — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Galician: teimudo — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• German: hartnäckig — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• German: beharrlich — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• German: zäh — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Greek: πεισματάρης (peismatáris) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Hebrew: עיקש (ikésh) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Hungarian: elszánt — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Hungarian: kitartó — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Hungarian: állhatatos — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Hungarian: makacs — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Hungarian: szívós — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Icelandic: þrár — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Icelandic: þolgóður — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Icelandic: ötull — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Indonesian: ngotot — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Japanese: 頑強な (gankyō na) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Khmer: ស៊ូ (suu) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Latin: tenax — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Macedonian: у́порен (úporen) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Macedonian: жи́лав (žílav) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Macedonian: твр́доглав (tvŕdoglav) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Manchu: ᡶᡳᠯᡳ (fili) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Māori: rae pakari — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Māori: urupū — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Māori: aumangea — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Māori: aumangeo — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Norwegian Bokmål: hardnakket — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Norwegian Bokmål: urokkelig — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Polish: uparty — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Polish: wytrwały — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Polish: zawzięty — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Portuguese: tenaz — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Portuguese: teimoso — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Portuguese: porfiado — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Russian: упря́мый (uprjámyj) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Russian: упо́рный (upórnyj) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Russian: насто́йчивый (nastójčivyj) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Spanish: tenaz — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Spanish: tesonero — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Sundanese: keukeuh — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Swedish: fast — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Swedish: orubblig — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Swedish: hårdnackad — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Swedish: ihärdig — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Swedish: seglivad — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Swedish: ståndaktig — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Turkish: inatçı — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Turkish: bildiğinden şaşmaz — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Turkish: dik kafalı — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان (yapışkan) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Ukrainian: непоступливий (nepostuplyvyj) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Ukrainian: наполегливий (napolehlyvyj) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Ukrainian: впертий (vpertyj) — unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
• Czech: soudržný — holding together; cohesive
• Finnish: sitkeä — holding together; cohesive
• Finnish: luja — holding together; cohesive
• German: zusammenhaftend — holding together; cohesive
• Icelandic: haldgóður — holding together; cohesive
• Polish: spoisty — holding together; cohesive
• Polish: spójny — holding together; cohesive
• Polish: zwarty — holding together; cohesive
• Russian: связующий (svjazujuščij) — holding together; cohesive
• Swedish: seg — holding together; cohesive
• Armenian: ուժեղ (užeġ) — having a good memory; retentive
• Finnish: hyvämuistinen — having a good memory; retentive
• German: gedächtnisstark — having a good memory; retentive
• Icelandic: minnisgóður — having a good memory; retentive
• Malagasy: mahatadidy betsaka — having a good memory; retentive
• Polish: trwały — having a good memory; retentive
• Russian: кре́пкий (krépkij) — having a good memory; retentive
• Russian: це́пкий (cépkij) — having a good memory; retentive
• Swedish: säker — having a good memory; retentive