intrigante

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French intrigante.

Noun

intrigante (plural intrigantes)

1. (dated) A female intriguer.
   • 1862, The Living Age, volume 72, page 188:

     It is curious to find her on one occasion surreptitiously opening a letter of her husband's to one Sarah Ryan, a housekeeper, an intrigante […]

Anagrams

• intreating, tangeritin

Esperanto

Adverb

intrigante

1. present adverbial active participle of intrigi

French

Adjective

intrigante

1. feminine singular of intrigant

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intrigante

1. inflection of intrigant:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.triˈɡan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: in‧tri‧gàn‧te

Adjective

intrigante (plural intriganti)

1. intriguing

Derived terms

• intrigantemente

Related terms

• intrigare

Participle

intrigante (plural intriganti)

1. present participle of intrigare

Noun

intrigante m or f by sense (plural intriganti)

1. schemer, intriguer
2. busybody, meddler

Further reading

• intrigante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• integranti

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [ĩ.tɾiˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: in‧tri‧gan‧te

Adjective

intrigante m or f (plural intrigantes)

1. intriguing (causing a desire to know more)

Spanish

Adjective

intrigante m or f (masculine and feminine plural intrigantes)

1. intriguing
2. scheming

Related terms

• intrigar

 

Noun

intrigante m or f by sense (plural intrigantes)

1. schemer
2. intriguer

Further reading

• “intrigante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014