intrigante

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French intrigante.

Noun

intrigante (plural intrigantes)

  1. (dated) A female intriguer.
    • 1862, The Living Age, volume 72, page 188:
      It is curious to find her on one occasion surreptitiously opening a letter of her husband's to one Sarah Ryan, a housekeeper, an intrigante []

Anagrams

Esperanto

Adverb

intrigante

  1. present adverbial active participle of intrigi

French

Adjective

intrigante

  1. feminine singular of intrigant

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intrigante

  1. inflection of intrigant:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.triˈɡan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: in‧tri‧gàn‧te

Adjective

intrigante m or f (plural intriganti)

  1. intriguing

Derived terms

Participle

intrigante m or f (plural intriganti)

  1. present participle of intrigare

Noun

intrigante m or f by sense (plural intriganti)

  1. schemer, intriguer
  2. busybody, meddler

Further reading

  • intrigante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From intrigar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡɐ̃.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [ĩ.tɾiˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃t͡ʃi, -ɐ̃tɨ
  • Hyphenation: in‧tri‧gan‧te

Adjective

intrigante m or f (plural intrigantes, comparable, comparative mais intrigante, superlative o mais intrigante or intrigantíssimo)

  1. intriguing (that arouses curiosity)
  2. intriguing (that causes strangeness or perplexity)

Noun

intrigante m or f by sense (plural intrigantes)

  1. intrigant
    Synonym: intriguista

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /intɾiˈɡante/ [ĩn̪.t̪ɾiˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: in‧tri‧gan‧te

Adjective

intrigante m or f (masculine and feminine plural intrigantes)

  1. intriguing
  2. scheming

Noun

intrigante m or f by sense (plural intrigantes)

  1. schemer
  2. intriguer

Further reading