interesting

English

Etymology

interest +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəɹəstɪŋ/, /ˈɪnt(ʃ)ɹɛstɪŋ/, /ˈɪnt(ʃ)ɹɪstɪŋ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnt(ʃ)ɹɛstɪŋ/
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Adjective

interesting (comparative more interesting, superlative most interesting)

Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.
(euphemistic) strange or unusual, in a negative sense.
The stew had an interesting flavor.

Synonyms

absorbing

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

arousing or holding the attention

Albanian: interesant (sq)
Arabic: مُشَوِّق‎‎ (mušawwiq)
Armenian: հետաքրքիր (hy) (hetakʿrkʿir)
Asturian: interesante
Azerbaijani: maraqlı (az)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: ціка́вы (cikávy)
Bengali: জবর (jôbôr)
Bulgarian: интере́сен (bg) (interésen)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: interessant (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 得意 (dak¹ ji³)

Mandarin: 有趣 (zh) (yǒuqù), 有意思 (zh) (yǒuyìsi)
Crimean Tatar: acayip
Czech: zajímavý (cs) m
Danish: interessant (da)
Dutch: interessant (nl), belangwekkend (nl)
Esperanto: interesa
Estonian: huvitav (et)
Faroese: áhugaverdur
Finnish: kiinnostava (fi), kiintoisa, mielenkiintoinen (fi)
French: intéressant (fr)
Galician: interesante
Georgian: საინტერესო (sainṭereso)
German: interessant (de)
Greek: ενδιαφέρων (el) (endiaféron)
Hebrew: מעניין \ מְעַנְיֵן‎‎ m (m'anyén)
Hindi: दिलचस्प (hi) (dilcasp), रोचक (hi) (rocak)
Hungarian: érdekes (hu)
Icelandic: athyglisverður (is), áhugaverður
Ido: interesanta (io)
Indonesian: menarik (id)
Interlingua: interessante
Irish: suimiúil (ga), spéisiúil
Italian: interessante (it)
Japanese: 面白い (ja) (おもしろい, omoshiroi), 興味深い (ja) (kyōmibukai)
Kazakh: қызықты (kk) (qızıqtı)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 흥미롭다 (ko) (heungmiropda), 관심있는 (gwansiminneun)
Kyrgyz: кызык (ky) (kızık), кызыкты (kızıktı)

Lao: ໜ້າສົນໃຈ (nā son chai), ໜ້າສົນ (nā son)
Latvian: interesants
Lithuanian: įdomus (lt)
Macedonian: интересен (interesen), за́нимлив (zánimliv)
Malay: menarik
Manchu: ᠠᠮᡨᠠᠩᡤᠠ (amtangga)
Manx: symoil
Mongolian: сонирхолтой (sonirholtoj)
Norman: întéthêssant
Norwegian:
Bokmål: interessant (no)

Nynorsk: interessant
Occitan: interessant
Persian: جالب‎‎ (fa) (jâleb)
Polish: ciekawy (pl) m, interesujący (pl)
Portuguese: interessante (pt)
Romanian: interesant (ro)
Russian: интере́сный (ru) (interésnyj), заня́тный (ru) (zanjátnyj)
Sanskrit: रोचक (sa) (rōcaka)
Scottish Gaelic: inntinneach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: интересантан, занимљив

Roman: interesantan (sh), zanimljiv (sh)
Slovak: zaujímavý
Slovene: zanimiv (sl)
Spanish: interesante (es)
Swedish: intressant (sv)
Tajik: шавқовар (tg) (šavqovar), завқовар (zavqovar), ҳавасовар (havasovar)
Telugu: ఆసక్తికరమైన (āsaktikaramaina)
Thai: น่าสนใจ (nâa-sǒn-jai), น่าสน (nâa-sǒn)
Turkish: ilginç (tr), enteresan (tr)
Turkmen: gyzykly
Ukrainian: ціка́вий (uk) (cikávyj)
Urdu: دلچسپ‎‎ (dilcasp), روچک‎‎ (rōcak)
Uzbek: qiziqarli (uz), qiziq (uz)
Vietnamese: thú vị (vi), hay (vi)
Volapük: nitedik (vo)
Welsh: diddorol (cy)
West Frisian: nijsgjirrich
Yiddish: אינטערעסאַנט‎‎ (interesant), טשיקאַווע‎‎ (tshikave)

Verb

interesting

present participle of interest

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