entêtement

French

Etymology

From entêter (“to be stubborn”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tɛt.mɑ̃/

Noun

entêtement m (plural entêtements)

  1. stubbornness
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Il avait tort de tant manger! Pourquoi toujours offrir la goutte au premier venu? Quel entêtement que de ne pas vouloir porter de flanelle!
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