insinuation

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French, from Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (to push in, creep in, steal in), from in (in) + sinus (a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

insinuation (countable and uncountable, plural insinuations)

  1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
  2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
  3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
  4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
    Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

French

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin īnsinuātiōnem.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

insinuation f (plural insinuations)

  1. insinuation
[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

Swedish

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

insinuation c

  1. an insinuation

Declension

[edit]
Declension of insinuation 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative insinuation insinuationen insinuationer insinuationerna
Genitive insinuations insinuationens insinuationers insinuationernas
[edit]

References

[edit]