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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessentimental
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /zɛnti.mɛnˈtaːl/
"Sie wurde bei dem Lied sehr sentimental."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Prompted by tender, nostalgic, or romantic feelings, often excessively so.
"She kept the old ticket stubs purely for sentimental reasons." - 2
Exhibiting or appealing to sentiment rather than reason or cold facts.
"The movie was a bit too sentimental for my taste, relying heavily on melodramatic tear-jerking scenes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the 18th-century English noun 'sentiment', which stems from the Late Latin 'sentimentum' (feeling, opinion), built upon the root 'sentire' (to feel). During the Enlightenment and Romantic periods, the word evolved to describe excessive or affected tenderness and emotional responsiveness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sentimental" is said worldwide
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sentimental
Transliteration: /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal/
"Il a gardé la vieille lettre par pur sentiment."
sentimental
Transliteration: /zɛnti.mɛnˈtaːl/
"Sie wurde bei dem Lied sehr sentimental."
sentimentale
Transliteration: /sen.ti.menˈta.le/
"È un film molto sentimentale e commovente."
sentimental
Transliteration: /sen.ti.menˈtal/
"Guarda ese viejo reloj por razones sentimentales."
sentimental
Transliteration: /sẽ.ti.mẽˈtaW/
"Ele é um homem muito sentimental com sua família."
भावुक
Transliteration: bhavuk
"वह पुरानी यादों को लेकर बहुत भावुक हो गई।"
多愁善感的
Transliteration: duō chóu shàn gǎn de
"这部电影的结局非常多愁善感。"
감상적인
Transliteration: gamsangjeogin
"그는 옛날 사진을 보며 감상적인 기분에 잠겼다."
感傷的な
Transliteration: kanshōtekina
"彼女はその古い手紙を見て感傷的になった。"
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