stringent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪndʒənt

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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Antonyms

• lenient

Derived terms

• nonstringent
• overstringent
• stringently
• stringentness
• understringent
• unstringent

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *streyg- (0 c, 59 e)

Translations

making strict requirements — see also strict,‎ restrictive,‎ rigid,‎ severe

• Arabic: صَارِم m (ṣārim)
• Bulgarian: строг (bg) (strog), неоспорим (bg) (neosporim)
• Dutch: gestreng (nl), stringent (nl)
• Finnish: ankara (fi), tiukka (fi)
• French: strict (fr)
• German: stringent (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: streng (no)

  Nynorsk: streng

• Persian: سخت (fa) (saxt), قاطع (fa) (qâte')
• Portuguese: estrito (pt), restritivo
• Russian: стро́гий (ru) (strógij), жёсткий (ru) (žóstkij)
• 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/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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^[1] (in German)

Latin

Verb

stringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of stringō

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin stringentem

Italian stringentebor.

Romanian stringent

Borrowed from Italian stringente.

Adjective

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

1. stringent

Declension

Declension of stringent

		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