inconstant
English
Alternative forms
- inconstaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English inconstant, inconstante, inconstaunte, from Middle French inconstant and its etymon, Latin incōnstāns.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
inconstant (comparative more inconstant, superlative most inconstant)
- Not constant; wavering.
- Unfaithful to a lover.
Derived terms
Translations
not constant
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Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
inconstant m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconstants)
- inconstant
- Antonym: constant
Related terms
Further reading
- “inconstant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “inconstant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “inconstant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inconstant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Adjective
inconstant (feminine inconstante, masculine plural inconstants, feminine plural inconstantes)
Further reading
- “inconstant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French inconstant. Equivalent to in- + constant.
Adjective
inconstant m or n (feminine singular inconstantă, masculine plural inconstanți, feminine and neuter plural inconstante)
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | inconstant | inconstantă | inconstanți | inconstante | |||
definite | inconstantul | inconstanta | inconstanții | inconstantele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | inconstant | inconstante | inconstanți | inconstante | |||
definite | inconstantului | inconstantei | inconstanților | inconstantelor |