tenacious

English

WOTD – 6 November 2015

Etymology

From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”) +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təˈneɪʃəs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Hyphenation: tena‧cious

Adjective

tenacious (comparative more tenacious, superlative most tenacious)

Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
Holding together; cohesive.
Having a good memory; retentive.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Related terms

Translations

clinging to an object or surface; adhesive

Armenian: կպչուն (hy) (kpčʿun), կառչուն (hy) (kaṙčʿun), բռնունակ (bṙnunak)
Finnish: tarttuva (fi)
German: fest haftend, festklebend, klebrig (de)
Icelandic: fastheldinn
Irish: greamúsach

Portuguese: aderente (pt) m, tenaz (pt) m
Russian: вя́зкий (ru) (vjázkij), ли́пкий (ru) (lípkij), кле́йкий (ru) (kléjkij)
Spanish: aferrado (es) m
Swedish: fasthållande, fasthängande, klibbig (sv), seg (sv), fast (sv)
Turkish: yapışkan (tr), sıkıca tutan

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)
Catalan: tenaç
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頑強 (zh), 顽强 (zh) (wánqiáng)
Dutch: hardnekkig (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: sitkeä (fi), sinnikäs (fi), itsepintainen (fi), itsepäinen (fi)
French: tenace (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: hartnäckig (de), beharrlich (de)
Greek: πεισματάρης (el) (peismatáris)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: þrár; þolgóður; ötull
Indonesian: ngotot

Japanese: 頑強な (ja) (がんきょうな, gankyō na)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Maori: rae pakari, urupū
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: tenaz (pt) m, teimoso (pt) m, porfiado m
Russian: упря́мый (ru) (uprjámyj), упо́рный (ru) (upórnyj), насто́йчивый (ru) (nastójčivyj)
Spanish: tenaz (es) m, f
Sundanese: keukeuh
Swedish: fast (sv), orubblig (sv), hårdnackad, ihärdig (sv), seglivad (sv), ståndaktig (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: inatçı (tr), bildiğinden şaşmaz, dik kafalı
Westrobothnian: ejnträten, ajnträten

holding together; cohesive

Finnish: sitkeä (fi), luja (fi)
German: zusammenhaftend
Icelandic: haldgóður

Russian: связующий (ru) m (svjazujuščij)
Swedish: seg (sv)

having a good memory; retentive

Armenian: ուժեղ (hy) (užeł)
Finnish: hyvämuistinen
German: gedächtnisstark
Icelandic: minnisgóður

Malagasy: mahatadidy betsaka
Russian: кре́пкий (ru) (krépkij), це́пкий (ru) (cépkij)
Swedish: säker (sv)

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