sentimental

From sentiment +‎ -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/, /ˌsɛniˈmɛnl̩/

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• Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)

1. Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.
   • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.

     Wish I was old and a little sentimental

2. Derived from emotion rather than purely logical reason; of or caused by sentiment.
3. Romantic.

• 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:

  Are you in sentimental mood?
  I'll sigh with you.

• 1944, Doris Day, Sentimental Journey:

  Gonna take a Sentimental Journey,
  Gonna set my heart at ease.
  Gonna make a Sentimental Journey,
  to renew old memories.

• unsentimental

• entailments

Borrowed from Spanish sentimental.

• IPA^(key): /sentimenˈtal/ [sen̪.ti.men̪ˈtal̪]
• Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimentál (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

1. sentimental

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sən.ti.mənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sen.ti.menˈtal]

sentimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentals)

1. sentimental

• sentimentalisme
• sentimentalitat
• sentimentalment

• sentiment

• “sentimental”, 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

English sentimental. By surface analysis, sentiment +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal/
• Homophones: sentimentale, sentimentales

sentimental (feminine sentimentale, masculine plural sentimentaux, feminine plural sentimentales)

1. sentimental

• “sentimental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /sentimenˈtal/ [s̺en̪.t̪i.mẽn̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)

1. sentimental

• “sentimental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from French sentimental.

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɛntimɛnˈtaːl/

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sentimental (strong nominative masculine singular sentimentaler, comparative sentimentaler, superlative am sentimentalsten)

1. sentimental

• “sentimental” in Duden online
• “sentimental” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)

1. sentimental

• usentimental

• “sentimental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)

1. sentimental

• usentimental

• “sentimental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French sentimental.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)

1. sentimental

• sentimentalmente

Borrowed from French sentimental. By surface analysis, sentiment +‎ -al.

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sentimental m or n (feminine singular sentimentală, masculine plural sentimentali, feminine and neuter plural sentimentale)

1. sentimental

• sentimentalism
• sentimentalitate

• IPA^(key): /sentimenˈtal/ [sẽn̪.t̪i.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentales)

1. sentimental

• “sentimental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024