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English [ edit ] WOTD – 28 March 2010, 28 March 2011, 6 November 2015 Etymology [ edit ] From Latin tenāx ( “ holding fast, clinging ” ) , from tenēre ( “ to hold ” ) , + -ious .
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA(key): /təˈneɪʃəs/ Audio ( General Australian ) : (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Hyphenation: tena‧cious Adjective [ edit ] tenacious (comparative more tenacious , superlative most tenacious )
Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive. Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged. Holding together; cohesive. 1873 , Henry Morton Stanley, My Kalulu, Prince, King, and Slave:The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead [ …] Having a good memory; retentive. Synonyms [ edit ] ( clinging to an object or surface ) : clingsome , sticky ; see also Thesaurus:adhesive( unwilling to yield or give up ) : pigheaded , steadfast ; see also Thesaurus:obstinate( holding together ) : coherent ; see also Thesaurus:cohesive( having a good memory ) : elephantlike , memorious ; see also Thesaurus:memorious[ edit ] tenaciously tenaciousness tenacity Translations [ edit ] clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
Armenian: կպչուն (hy) ( kpčʻun ) , կառչուն (hy) ( kaṙčʻun ) , բռնունակ ( bṙnunak ) Azerbaijani: yapışan , yapışqan (az) , özlü Bulgarian: лепкав (bg) ( lepkav ) Esperanto: tenaca Finnish: tarttuva (fi) , tarrautuva German: fest haftend , festklebend (de) , klebrig (de) Icelandic: fastheldinn Irish: greamúsach Latin: tenax Macedonian: ле́плив ( lépliv ) Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان ( yapışkan ) Polish: lepki (pl) Portuguese: aderente (pt) , tenaz (pt) Russian: вя́зкий (ru) ( vjázkij ) , ли́пкий (ru) ( lípkij ) , кле́йкий (ru) ( kléjkij ) Spanish: aferrado (es) Swedish: fasthållande , fasthängande , klibbig (sv) , seg (sv) , fast (sv) Turkish: yapışkan (tr) , sıkıca tutan Ukrainian: чіпкий ( čipkyj ) , липкий ( lypkyj )
unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged
Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: հաստատակամ (hy) ( hastatakam ) , համառ (hy) ( hamaṙ ) Azerbaijani: tərs (az) , inadkar (az) , kəc Bulgarian: упорит (bg) ( uporit ) Catalan: tenaç (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 頑強 / 顽强 (zh) ( wánqiáng ) Czech: neústupný (cs) , houževnatý , vytrvalý (cs) Dutch: hardnekkig (nl) Esperanto: tenaca Finnish: sitkeä (fi) , sinnikäs (fi) , itsepintainen (fi) , itsepäinen (fi) French: tenace (fr) Galician: releón , tenaz , porfiado , teimudo (gl) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: hartnäckig (de) , beharrlich (de) , zäh (de) Greek: πεισματάρης (el) ( peismatáris ) Hebrew: עיקש (he) ( ikésh ) Hungarian: elszánt (hu) , kitartó (hu) , állhatatos (hu) , makacs (hu) , szívós (hu) Icelandic: þrár (is) , þolgóður , ötull Indonesian: ngotot (id) Japanese: 頑強な (ja) ( がんきょうな, gankyō na ) Khmer: ស៊ូ (km) ( suu ) Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: tenax Macedonian: у́порен ( úporen ) , жи́лав ( žílav ) , твр́доглав ( tvŕdoglav ) Manchu: ᡶᡳᠯᡳ ( fili ) Maori: rae pakari , urupū , aumangea , aumangeo Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: hardnakket , urokkelig Ottoman Turkish: یاپشقان ( yapışkan ) Polish: uparty (pl) , wytrwały (pl) , zawzięty (pl) Portuguese: tenaz (pt) , teimoso (pt) , porfiado Russian: упря́мый (ru) ( uprjámyj ) , упо́рный (ru) ( upórnyj ) , насто́йчивый (ru) ( nastójčivyj ) Spanish: tenaz (es) , tesonero (es) Sundanese: keukeuh Swedish: fast (sv) , orubblig (sv) , hårdnackad (sv) , ihärdig (sv) , seglivad (sv) , ståndaktig (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: inatçı (tr) , bildiğinden şaşmaz , dik kafalı Ukrainian: непоступливий ( nepostuplyvyj ) , наполегливий ( napolehlyvyj ) , впертий ( vpertyj )
holding together; cohesive
Czech: soudržný (cs) Finnish: sitkeä (fi) , luja (fi) German: zusammenhaftend Icelandic: haldgóður (is) Polish: spoisty (pl) , spójny (pl) , zwarty (pl) Russian: связующий (ru) ( svjazujuščij ) Swedish: seg (sv)
having a good memory; retentive
Armenian: ուժեղ (hy) ( užeġ ) Finnish: hyvämuistinen (fi) German: gedächtnisstark Icelandic: minnisgóður Malagasy: mahatadidy betsaka Polish: trwały (pl) Russian: кре́пкий (ru) ( krépkij ) , це́пкий (ru) ( cépkij ) Swedish: säker (sv)
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