tenacious

English

WOTD – 6 November 2015

From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”) +‎ -ious.

tenacious (comparative more tenacious, superlative most tenacious)

(clinging to an object or surface): clingsome, sticky; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
(unwilling to yield or give up): pigheaded, steadfast; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
(holding together): coherent; see also Thesaurus:cohesive
(having a good memory): elephantlike, memorious; see also Thesaurus:memorious

clinging to an object or surface; adhesive

unwilling to yield from a point of view etc; dogged

Japanese: 頑強な (ja) (がんきょうな, gankyō na)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: tenax
Maori: rae pakari, urupū
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: uparty (pl) m
Portuguese: tenaz (pt) m, teimoso (pt) m, porfiado m
Russian: упря́мый (ru) (uprjámyj), упо́рный (ru) (upórnyj), насто́йчивый (ru) (nastójčivyj)
Spanish: tenaz (es) m or f, tesonero
Sundanese: keukeuh
Swedish: fast (sv), orubblig (sv), hårdnackad, ihärdig (sv), seglivad (sv), ståndaktig (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: inatçı (tr), bildiğinden şaşmaz, dik kafalı
Westrobothnian: ejnträten, ajnträten

holding together; cohesive

having a good memory; retentive

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