ostentatious

English

Etymology

Originated 1650–60; ostentation +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌɒs.tənˈteɪ.ʃəs/
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

ostentatious (comparative more ostentatious, superlative most ostentatious)

Of ostentation.
Intended to attract notice.
Of tawdry display; kitsch.

Synonyms

(tawdry): Thesaurus:gaudy

Derived terms

Translations

of ostentation

Catalan: ostentós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮華 (zh), 浮华 (zh) (fúhuá, fúhua), 闊綽 (zh), 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)

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)

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)

of tawdry display

Chinese:
Mandarin: 財大氣粗 (zh) (cáidàqìcū)
Esperanto: paradeca, pavuma
Finnish: mauton (fi), pramea (fi), kitsahtava
Greek: φανταχτερός (el) m (fantachterós)

Italian: ostentato (it)
Portuguese: espalhafatoso (pt) m
Romanian: împopoțonat (ro), țipător (ro)
Russian: крича́щий (ru) m (kričáščij) (figuratively), кичёвый m (kičóvyj)

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Translations to be checked

Irish: ^{(please verify)} gáifeach, ^{(please verify)} taibhseach

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.

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