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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈspɑː(ɹ)tən/}} |
* {{IPA|en|/ˈspɑː(ɹ)tən/}} |
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* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spartan.wav| |
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===Adjective=== |
===Adjective=== |
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* Danish: {{t|da|spartansk}} |
* Danish: {{t|da|spartansk}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|spartaans}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|spartaans}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|spartalainen}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|spartalainen}}, {{t+|fi|askeettinen}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|spartiate}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|spartiate}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|spartanisch}} |
* German: {{t+|de|spartanisch}} |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{bor+|ro|la|Spartanus}} or {{bor|ro|it|spartano}}. |
{{bor+|ro|la|Spartanus}} or {{bor|ro|it|spartano}}. {{surf|ro|Sparta|-an}}. |
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===Adjective=== |
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* {{R:svenska.se|saob}} |
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{{C|sv|Ancient Greece}} |
Latest revision as of 15:45, 17 September 2024
See also: Spartan
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By analogy with the ancient Spartans, who famously possessed these qualities.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈspɑː(ɹ)tən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]spartan (comparative more spartan, superlative most spartan)
- Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
- I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom.
- 1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 337:
- The engine was Class "3" 2-6-2 tank No. 82013, with Driver Sampson (Exmouth), and its roomy draught-free cab was a striking contrast to the spartan comfort offered on the Drummond tank.
- 2020 August 26, “Network News: Stations investment boosts regeneration, says report”, in Rail, page 17:
- Among its findings, the report says: "In recent years we have seen more stations transformed from run-down Victorian hulks, or spartan bus-sheltered platforms, into places that people can take pride in, feel comfortable in using, and which are fulfilling more of their wider potential.
- Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
- The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.
- Lacking in decoration and luxury.
- After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.
- 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 4:
- [I]t was furnished with the spartan simplicity which characterizes womanless quarters.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]austere, lacking luxury
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Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]spartan m (definite singular spartanen, indefinite plural spartanar, definite plural spartanane)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Spartanus or Italian spartano. By surface analysis, Sparta + -an.
Adjective
[edit]spartan m or n (feminine singular spartană, masculine plural spartani, feminine and neuter plural spartane)
Declension
[edit]Declension of spartan
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | spartan | spartană | spartani | spartane | ||
definite | spartanul | spartana | spartanii | spartanele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | spartan | spartane | spartani | spartane | ||
definite | spartanului | spartanei | spartanilor | spartanelor |
Noun
[edit]spartan m (plural spartani)
Declension
[edit]Declension of spartan
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) spartan | spartanul | (niște) spartani | spartanii |
genitive/dative | (unui) spartan | spartanului | (unor) spartani | spartanilor |
vocative | spartanule | spartanilor |
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin spartanus, equivalent to Sparta + -an.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
[edit]spartan c
- Spartan, inhabitant of the ancient Greek town of Sparta
Declension
[edit]Declension of spartan
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Categories:
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- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
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- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-2016 forms
- Romanian terms borrowed from Latin
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- Romanian terms borrowed from Italian
- Romanian terms derived from Italian
- Romanian terms suffixed with -an
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
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- Swedish terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Swedish/ɑːn
- Rhymes:Swedish/ɑːn/2 syllables
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Ancient Greece