sentiment

English

Etymology

From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

sentiment (countable and uncountable, plural sentiments)

1. A general thought, feeling, or sense.
   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

2. (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.
   • 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions‎^[1], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219-257:

     Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

Translations

a general thought

• Finnish: ajatus (fi)
• French: sentiment (fr) m
• Haitian Creole: santiman
• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 感情 (かんじょう, kanjō)
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• Portuguese: sentimento (pt) m
• Romanian: sentiment (ro) n
• Russian: ощущение (ru) n (oščuščenije)
• Spanish: sentimiento (es) m
• Tagalog: sentimyento

feelings or emotions

• Finnish: tunne (fi), tuntemus (fi)
• German: Gefühl (de) n
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• Interlingue:
• Maori: kakare

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sentimentum; sentir +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sən.tiˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sən.tiˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sen.tiˈment]

Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. emotion; feeling; sentiment

Related terms

• sentimental
• sentimentalisme

See also

• emoció

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French

Etymology

From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃/

• audio:

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• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. A sentiment, general thought, sense or feeling.
2. An opinion.

Related terms

• sentir

Further reading

• “sentiment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin sentimentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sentiˈmen]

• Audio:

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Noun

sentiment m (plural sentiments)

1. feeling (emotion; impression)
2. feeling, intuition
3. sentiment, emotion

Related terms

• sentimental
• sentir

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 906.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentiment, Latin sentimentum. Cf. also simțământ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sen.tiˈment/

Noun

sentiment n (plural sentimente)

1. sentiment, thought, sense, feeling

   Synonyms: simțire, (dated) simțământ

2. belief, opinion

   Synonyms: credință, opinie, convingere

Declension

Declension of sentiment

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sentiment	sentimentul	(niște) sentimente	sentimentele
genitive/dative	(unui) sentiment	sentimentului	(unor) sentimente	sentimentelor
vocative	sentimentule		sentimentelor