penchant

English

Etymology

Present participle of French pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang, to lean”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɑ̃ʃɑ̃/, /ˈpɑːnʃɑn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɛnʧənt/, SAMPA: /"pEntS@nt/

Noun

penchant (plural penchants)

1. taste, liking, or inclination (for)

   He has a penchant for fine wine.

Synonyms

• desire

Translations

taste, liking, or inclination (for)

Chinese: Mandarin: 愛好 (cmn), 爱好 (cmn) (àihào) Dutch: neiging (nl) f., voorkeur (nl) f. Finnish: mieltymys (fi) French: penchant (fr) m. German: Vorliebe (de) f., Hang (de) m.

Italian: inclinazione (it) m., apprezzamento (it) m. Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f., predisposição (pt) f. Russian: склонность (ru) f. Swedish: böjelse (sv) c., förkärlek (sv) c. Welsh: gogwydd (cy) m., tuedd (cy) f.

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French

Noun

penchant m. (plural penchants)

1. penchant

Verb

penchant

1. Present participle of pencher.