The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
intransigent — INTRANSIGÉNT, Ă, intransigenţi, te, adj. Care nu se abate de la o anumită linie adoptată, care nu acceptă concilieri sau compromisuri; incoruptibil. v. neînduplecat. – Din fr. intransigeant. Trimis de valeriu, 09.02.2008. Sursa: DEX 98 … … Dicționar Român
intransigent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ refusing to change one s views. ► NOUN ▪ an intransigent person. DERIVATIVES intransigence noun intransigency noun intransigently adverb. ORIGIN from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by extreme republicans); ultimately… … English terms dictionary
intransigent — [in tran′sə jənt, in tran′zəjənt] adj. [Fr intransigeant < Sp intransigente < L in , IN 2 + transigens, prp. of transigere, to come to a settlement, TRANSACT] 1. refusing to compromise or come to an agreement; uncompromising 2. that cannot… … English World dictionary
Intransigént — (lat.), Unversöhnlicher, der sich auf keine Verhandlungen mit dem Gegner, insbes. der von ihm bekämpften Staatsregierung, einläßt … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
intransigent — index implacable, incorrigible, inflexible, irreconcilable, obdurate, purposeful, relentless, renitent … Law dictionary
intransigent — intransigent:⇨unnachgiebig(1) … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
intransigent — (adj.) 1881, from Fr. intransigeant, from Sp. los intransigentes, lit. those not coming to agreement, name for extreme republican party in the Spanish Cortes 1873 4, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + transigente compromising, from L.… … Etymology dictionary
intransigent — adjective Etymology: Spanish intransigente, from in + transigente, present participle of transigir to compromise, from Latin transigere to come to an agreement more at transact Date: circa 1879 characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon … New Collegiate Dictionary
intransigent — [[t]ɪntræ̱nsɪʤ(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as intransigent, you mean that they refuse to behave differently or to change their attitude to something. [FORMAL] They put pressure on the Government to change its… … English dictionary
intransigent — adjective Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn. Dont waste your time trying to change his mind, hes completely intransigent. See Also: intransigence, intransigency … Wiktionary
