stringent

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪnd͡ʒənt

Adjective

stringent (comparative more stringent, superlative most stringent)

1. Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe

   They have stringent quality requirements outlining what is acceptable.

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Derived terms

• overstringent
• stringently
• stringentness

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *streyg- (0 c, 17 e)

Translations

making strict requirements

• Bulgarian: строг (bg) (strog), неоспорим (bg) (neosporim)
• Dutch: gestreng (nl), stringent (nl)
• Finnish: ankara (fi), tiukka (fi)
• French: strict (fr)
• German: stringent (de)
• Persian: سخت (fa) (saxt), قاطع (fa) (qâte')
• Portuguese: estrito (pt), restritivo
• Norwegian:
• ：Bokmål: streng (no)

  Nynorsk: streng (nn)

• Russian: стро́гий (ru) (strógij), жёсткий (ru) (žóstkij)
• Spanish: estricto (es), restrictivo, rígido (es), severo (es)
• Swedish: sträng (sv), stringent (sv)
• Ukrainian: суворий m (suvoryj), строгий m (strohyj)

Anagrams

• string-net

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁɪŋˈɡɛnt/, /stʁɪŋˈɡɛnt/

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Adjective

stringent (strong nominative masculine singular stringenter, comparative stringenter, superlative am stringentesten)

1. stringent
2. coherent (of an argument)

   Synonyms: einleuchtend, schlüssig, überzeugend

Further reading

• “stringent” in Duden online
• “stringent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

stringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of stringō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stringente.

Adjective

stringent m or n (feminine singular stringentă, masculine plural stringenți, feminine and neuter plural stringente)

1. stringent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	stringent		stringentă		stringenți	stringente
	definite	stringentul		stringenta		stringenții	stringentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	stringent		stringente		stringenți	stringente
	definite	stringentului		stringentei		stringenților	stringentelor