Sententious
//sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs//
Translations of "sententious" (11 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ἀποφθεγματικός(tending to use aphorisms or maxims) | apophthegmatikós | |
| Bulgarian | афористичен(tending to use aphorisms or maxims) | aforističen | |
| Dutch | kernachtig(using as few words as possible), moraliserend(tending to use aphorisms or maxims) | — | |
| Finnish | lyhytsanainen(using as few words as possible), niukkasanainen(using as few words as possible), tiivis(using as few words as possible), ytimekäs(using as few words as possible) | — | |
| French | concis(using as few words as possible), laconique(using as few words as possible), pontifiant(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), pédant(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), sentencieux(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), succint(using as few words as possible) | — | |
| Greek | αποφθεγματικός(tending to use aphorisms or maxims) | apofthegmatikós | |
| Italian | conciso(using as few words as possible), laconico(using as few words as possible), succinto(using as few words as possible) | — | |
| Russian | афористи́чный(using as few words as possible), кра́ткий(using as few words as possible), лаконичный(using as few words as possible), менторский(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), нравоучительный(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), сентенциозный(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), сжатый(using as few words as possible) | aforistíčnyj, krátkij, lakoničnyj, mentorskij, nravoučitelʹnyj, sentencioznyj, sžatyj | |
| Spanish | conciso(using as few words as possible), lacónico(using as few words as possible), sentencioso(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), sucinto(using as few words as possible) | — | |
| Swedish | aforistisk(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), förnumstig(tending to use aphorisms or maxims), koncis(using as few words as possible), kärnfull(using as few words as possible), moraliserande(tending to use aphorisms or maxims) | — | |
| Tibetan | ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ(using as few words as possible), ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་ཚང(using as few words as possible) | tshig nyung don bsdus pa, tshig nyung don tshang |
kernachtig, moraliserend
lyhytsanainen, niukkasanainen, tiivis, ytimekäs
concis, laconique, pontifiant, pédant, sentencieux, succint
conciso, laconico, succinto
афористи́чный, кра́ткий, лаконичный, менторский, нравоучительный, сентенциозный, сжатый
aforistíčnyj, krátkij, lakoničnyj, mentorskij, nravoučitelʹnyj, sentencioznyj, sžatyj
conciso, lacónico, sentencioso, sucinto
aforistisk, förnumstig, koncis, kärnfull, moraliserande
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