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The characteristic of being tenacious; tenacity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
persistent determination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, pertinacity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: determination, purpose
Etymology tree English tenacious 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 tenaciousness From tenacious + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
издръжливост
(izdrǎžlivost)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Catalan:
tenacitat
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Chinese Mandarin:
韧性
(rènxìng)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Czech:
houževnatost
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Czech:
neústupnost
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Czech:
výdrž
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Dutch:
volhardendheid
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Finnish:
sitkeys
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Finnish:
sinnikkyys
— quality or state of being tenacious
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French:
ténacité
— quality or state of being tenacious
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German:
Zähigkeit
— quality or state of being tenacious
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German:
Beharrlichkeit
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Greek:
επιμονή
(epimoní)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Indonesian:
keuletan
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Indonesian:
kegigihan
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Irish:
diongbháilteacht
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Italian:
tenacia
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Latin:
tenācitās
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Polish:
upartość
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Polish:
wytrwałość
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Polish:
zawziętość
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Portuguese:
tenacidade
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Romanian:
tenacitate
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Russian:
це́пкость
(cépkostʹ)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Russian:
упо́рство
(upórstvo)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Russian:
вы́держка
(výderžka)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Spanish:
tenacidad
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Spanish:
tesón
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Tagalog:
matibay
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Ukrainian:
завзятість
(zavzjatistʹ)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Ukrainian:
упертість
(upertistʹ)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Ukrainian:
стійкість
(stijkistʹ)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Ukrainian:
наполегливість
(napolehlyvistʹ)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Ukrainian:
цілеспрямованість
(cilesprjamovanistʹ)
— quality or state of being tenacious
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Uzbek:
qaysarlik
— quality or state of being tenacious