English
Etymology
Originated 1650–60; ostentation + -ious .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Adjective
ostentatious (comparative more ostentatious , superlative most ostentatious )
Of ostentation .
Intended to attract notice.
Of tawdry display ; kitsch .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of ostentation
Azerbaijani: ədabaz
Catalan: ostentós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮華 / 浮华 (zh) ( fúhuá ) , 浮华 (zh) ( fúhuá, fúhua ) , 闊綽 / 阔绰 (zh) ( kuòchuò ) , 阔绰 (zh) ( kuòchuò )
Czech: okázalý m , ostentativní
Dutch: protserig (nl)
Esperanto: parada
Finnish: ylitsevuotava , liiallinen (fi) , mahtaileva , pramea (fi)
French: ostentatoire (fr)
Galician: ostentoso m
German: protzig (de)
Greek: επιδεικτικός (el) m ( epideiktikós )
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Italian: ostentato (it)
Japanese: けばけばしい (ja) ( kebakebashii ) , 派手な (ja) ( はでな, hade na )
Maori: hahaki
Polish: ostentacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: ostentatório
Romanian: ostentativ (ro) m or n , provocator (ro) m or n , ostentațios m or n
Russian: показно́й (ru) ( pokaznój ) , нарочи́тый (ru) ( naročítyj ) , хвастли́вый (ru) ( xvastlívyj ) , вне́шний (ru) ( vnéšnij ) ( superficial, external )
Slovak: ostentatívny , vystatovačný , vypínavý
Spanish: ostentoso (es)
Telugu: అట్టహాసము (te) ( aṭṭahāsamu )
intended to attract notice
Amharic: ሆኖም አሸብርቀው ( honomi āshebirik’ewi )
Catalan: ostentós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 炫耀的
Czech: provokativní (cs)
Esperanto: provoka , altira , alloga
Finnish: huomiotaherättävä (fi) , provokatiivinen
German: aufmerksamkeitheischend
Greek: επιδεικτικός (el) m ( epideiktikós ) , προκλητικός (el) m ( proklitikós )
Italian: provocante (it) , provocatore (it)
Japanese: 派手な ( hadena ) , 麗々しい ( reireishī ) , 看板倒れ ( kanbandaore )
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Maori: hahaki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: prangende
Polish: ostentacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: ostentoso (pt) m
Romanian: provocator (ro) m or n
Russian: показно́й (ru) ( pokaznój )
Spanish: ostentoso (es) m
Uzbek: o'rnak bo'ladigan
Vietnamese: phô trương (vi) , khoe khoang (vi)
Welsh: rhwysgfawr , rodresgar , rwysgfawr , rhodresgar (cy)
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References
“ostentatious”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language , 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin , 2000 , →ISBN .
“ostentatious ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present.
"ostentatious " in WordNet 2.0 , Princeton University, 2003.