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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn; probable origin *stybor, *stibor, apparently from Old English styb (“a stump, stub”) + adj. formative -or as in Old English bitor, English bitter.
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Adjective [edit]
stubborn (comparative stubborner, superlative stubbornest)
- Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting.
- He is pretty stubborn about his political beliefs, so why bother arguing?
- Blood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly.
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Translations [edit]
refusing to move or change one's opinion
- Arabic: عنيد (ar) (3aniid)
- Armenian: համառ (hy) (hamaṙ)
- Bulgarian: инат (bg) (inat)
- Chamicuro: kashtakulu
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 頑固 (cmn), 顽固 (cmn) (wángù), 固執 (cmn), 固执 (cmn) (gùzhí)
- Crimean Tatar: eriş
- Czech: tvrdohlavý (cs) m
- Danish: stædig (da)
- Dutch: hardnekkig (nl), koppig (nl)
- Finnish: itsepäinen (fi)
- French: têtu (fr) m, têtue (fr) f, entêté (fr) m, entêtée (fr) f, borné (fr) m, bornée (fr) f
- German: stur (de), dickköpfig (de)
- Hawaiian: nuha
- Hebrew: עקשן (he) (akshan) m
- Hindi: हठी (hi) (haṭhī), ज़िद्दी (hi) (ziddī), अक्खड़ (hi) (akkhaṛ)
- Hungarian: makacs (hu), konok (hu)
- Irish: stalcach (ga), ceanndána (ga)
- Italian: ostinato (it) m, ostinata (it) f, testardo (it) m, testarda (it) f
- Japanese: 頑固な (ja) (がんこな, ganko na)
- Jèrriais: r'calcitrant, vithouard, hieux
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- Korean: 고집센 (ko) (gojipsen)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: کهله ڕهق
- Macedonian: тврдоглав (mk) (tv'rdoglav) m, упорен (mk) (úporen) m, своеглав (mk) (svóeglav)
- Meru: ndemi
- Norwegian: sta (no), vrangvillig (no)
- Pashto: خری (ps) (xëray), ځيلی (ps) (źilay)
- Persian: کله شق (fa), سمج (fa)
- Polish: uparty (pl)
- Portuguese: teimoso (pt)
- Russian: упорный (ru) (upórnyj), упрямый (ru) (upr'ámyj), упёртый (ru) (upjórtyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: rag-mhuinealach (gd), rag (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian: tvrdoglav (sh)
- Slovak: tvrdohlavý (sk), neoblomný (sk), zarytý (sk), zaťatý (sk), tvrdošijný (sk), úporný (sk)
- Spanish: testarudo (es), obstinado (es), cabezota (es) (familiar), terco (es), cabezadura (es) m, porfiado (es) m
- Swahili: mkaidi (sw)
- Swedish: hardnackad (sv), envis (sv)
- Telugu: మొండి (te) (moMDi)
- Urdu: ہٹھی (ur) (haṭhī)
- Walloon: tiestou (wa) m, tiestowe (wa) f, buké (wa) m, bukêye (wa) f, macté (wa) m, mactêye (wa) f
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