sentimental

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Adjective

sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)

Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion.
Derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment.
Romantic.

Quotations

1885: Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado,
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.

Antonyms

unsentimental

Derived terms

Translations

characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion

Catalan: sentimental
Chinese:
Mandarin: 感傷 (zh), 感伤 (zh) (gǎnshāng)
Dutch: emotioneel (nl)
Finnish: tunteellinen (fi), tunne- (fi), sentimentaalinen (fi)
French: sentimental (fr)
Galician: sentimental
German: sentimental (de)
Greek: συναισθηματικός (el) m (synaisthimatikós)
Hungarian: érzelgős (hu), szentimentális (hu)
Italian: sentimentale (it)

Japanese: 感傷的 (ja) (かんしょうてき, kanshōteki), センチメンタル (senchimental)
Latvian: salds
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sentimental

Nynorsk: sentimental
Persian: سانتیمانتال‎‎ (sântimântâl)
Portuguese: sentimental (pt)
Romanian: sentimental (ro)
Russian: сентимента́льный (ru) (sentimentálʹnyj)
Spanish: sentimental (es)
Swedish: sentimental (sv), känslosam (sv)

derived from emotion rather than reason

Finnish: tunne- (fi), tunneperäinen

Greek: συναισθηματικός (el) m (synaisthimatikós)

romantic

Finnish: romanttinen (fi)
Greek: συναισθηματικός (el) m (synaisthimatikós)

Hungarian: szentimentális (hu)
Romanian: sentimental (ro), romantic (ro)

Anagrams

entailments

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /sən.ti.mənˈtal/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /sen.ti.menˈtal/

Adjective

sentimental (masculine and feminine plural sentimentals)

sentimental

Derived terms

Related terms

sentiment

French

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

sentimental

Galician

Adjective

sentimental m, f (plural sentimentais)

sentimental

Derived terms

Related terms

sentimento

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌzɛntimɛnˈtaːl/
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Adjective

sentimental (comparative sentimentaler, superlative am sentimentalsten)

sentimental

Declension

Positive forms of sentimental

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist sentimental	sie ist sentimental	es ist sentimental	sie sind sentimental
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sentimentaler	sentimentale	sentimentales	sentimentale
	genitive	sentimentalen	sentimentaler	sentimentalen	sentimentaler
	dative	sentimentalem	sentimentaler	sentimentalem	sentimentalen
	accusative	sentimentalen	sentimentale	sentimentales	sentimentale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sentimentale	die sentimentale	das sentimentale	die sentimentalen
	genitive	des sentimentalen	der sentimentalen	des sentimentalen	der sentimentalen
	dative	dem sentimentalen	der sentimentalen	dem sentimentalen	den sentimentalen
	accusative	den sentimentalen	die sentimentale	das sentimentale	die sentimentalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sentimentaler	eine sentimentale	ein sentimentales	(keine) sentimentalen
	genitive	eines sentimentalen	einer sentimentalen	eines sentimentalen	(keiner) sentimentalen
	dative	einem sentimentalen	einer sentimentalen	einem sentimentalen	(keinen) sentimentalen
	accusative	einen sentimentalen	eine sentimentale	ein sentimentales	(keine) sentimentalen

Comparative forms of sentimental

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist sentimentaler	sie ist sentimentaler	es ist sentimentaler	sie sind sentimentaler
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sentimentalerer	sentimentalere	sentimentaleres	sentimentalere
	genitive	sentimentaleren	sentimentalerer	sentimentaleren	sentimentalerer
	dative	sentimentalerem	sentimentalerer	sentimentalerem	sentimentaleren
	accusative	sentimentaleren	sentimentalere	sentimentaleres	sentimentalere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sentimentalere	die sentimentalere	das sentimentalere	die sentimentaleren
	genitive	des sentimentaleren	der sentimentaleren	des sentimentaleren	der sentimentaleren
	dative	dem sentimentaleren	der sentimentaleren	dem sentimentaleren	den sentimentaleren
	accusative	den sentimentaleren	die sentimentalere	das sentimentalere	die sentimentaleren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sentimentalerer	eine sentimentalere	ein sentimentaleres	(keine) sentimentaleren
	genitive	eines sentimentaleren	einer sentimentaleren	eines sentimentaleren	(keiner) sentimentaleren
	dative	einem sentimentaleren	einer sentimentaleren	einem sentimentaleren	(keinen) sentimentaleren
	accusative	einen sentimentaleren	eine sentimentalere	ein sentimentaleres	(keine) sentimentaleren

Superlative forms of sentimental

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am sentimentalsten	sie ist am sentimentalsten	es ist am sentimentalsten	sie sind am sentimentalsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sentimentalster	sentimentalste	sentimentalstes	sentimentalste
	genitive	sentimentalsten	sentimentalster	sentimentalsten	sentimentalster
	dative	sentimentalstem	sentimentalster	sentimentalstem	sentimentalsten
	accusative	sentimentalsten	sentimentalste	sentimentalstes	sentimentalste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sentimentalste	die sentimentalste	das sentimentalste	die sentimentalsten
	genitive	des sentimentalsten	der sentimentalsten	des sentimentalsten	der sentimentalsten
	dative	dem sentimentalsten	der sentimentalsten	dem sentimentalsten	den sentimentalsten
	accusative	den sentimentalsten	die sentimentalste	das sentimentalste	die sentimentalsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sentimentalster	eine sentimentalste	ein sentimentalstes	(keine) sentimentalsten
	genitive	eines sentimentalsten	einer sentimentalsten	eines sentimentalsten	(keiner) sentimentalsten
	dative	einem sentimentalsten	einer sentimentalsten	einem sentimentalsten	(keinen) sentimentalsten
	accusative	einen sentimentalsten	eine sentimentalste	ein sentimentalstes	(keine) sentimentalsten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

Adjective

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

sentimental

Antonyms

usentimental

References

“sentimental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

Adjective

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

sentimental

Antonyms

usentimental

References

“sentimental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentimental.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.ti.mẽ.ˈtaɫ/
Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

Adjective

sentimental m, f (plural sentimentais, comparable)

sentimental

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sentimenˈtal/, [sẽn̪t̪imẽn̪ˈt̪al]

Adjective

sentimental (plural sentimentales)

sentimental

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sentimiento

sentimental

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