intransigeant

intransigeant (comparative more intransigeant, superlative most intransigeant)

1. Alternative form of intransigent.
   • 1964, C. P. Snow, Corridors Of Power:

     ‘That's not good enough!’ Her voice rang out like a challenge. I would talk to her sometime in the nearish future. ‘No.’ Her reply was intransigeant.

intransigeant (plural intransigeants)

1. Alternative form of intransigent.

Borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. By surface analysis, in- +‎ transiger +‎ -ant, literally “uncompromising”.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.ʒɑ̃/

intransigeant (feminine intransigeante, masculine plural intransigeants, feminine plural intransigeantes)

1. intransigent, unaccommodating

   Synonym: sévère

   Antonyms: indulgent, conciliant, accommodant, (uncommon) transigeant

   Near-synonym: impitoyable

   Il est intransigeant sur la qualité du travail accompli.

   He is uncompromising about the quality of the work done.

• intransigeance

• → English: intransigent
  • → German: intransigent
• → Romanian: intransigent

• “intransigeant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “intransigeant” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “intransigeant” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.