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Latest revision as of 23:38, 8 August 2013 English[edit] Alternative forms[edit] Etymology[edit] From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strong, strang ("strong, powerful, mighty, able; firm, constant, resolute, strenuous, hardy; hard, severe, fierce, stern, strict; bold, brave; valid, assured; effective, producing a great effect, potent; earnest; arduous, violent"), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz ("tight, strict, straight, strong"), from Proto-Indo-European *streng-, *strenk- ("taut, stiff, tight"). Cognate with Scots strang ("strong"), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string ("austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough"), Dutch streng ("strict, severe, tight"), German streng ("strict, severe, austere"), Swedish sträng, strang ("severe, strict, harsh"), Norwegian strang ("strong, harsh, bitter"), Icelandic strangur ("strict"). Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] strong (comparative stronger, superlative strongest) - Capable of producing great physical force.
- a big strong man
- Jake was tall and strong.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- a strong foundation
- good strong shoes
- fast moving water, wind, etc, which has a lot of power.
- The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
- Determined; unyielding.
- He is strong in the face of adversity.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- a strong light
- a strong taste
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- a strong smell
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- a strong cup of coffee
- a strong medicine
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- a strong drink
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels
- a strong verb
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- a strong position
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That's strong!
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- The enemy's army force was five thousand strong.
- (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense)
- 2005, Andrew Gaeddert, Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions, North Atlantic Books, page 221:
- Physicians may diagnosis influenza by a throat culture or blood test, which may be important if you have a particularly strong flu, if your doctor suspects pneumonia or a bacterial infection.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
Synonyms[edit] - (capable of producing great physical force): forceful, powerful
- (capable of withstanding great physical force): durable, tough, sturdy
- (determined, unyielding): ardent, determined, unyielding, zealous
- (highly stimulating to the senses): extreme, intense
- (having an offensive or intense odor or flavor): rank
- (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient): concentrated, potent
- (having a high alcoholic content): hard
- (grammar: irregular): irregular
- (military: not easily subdued or taken): impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable
Antonyms[edit] - (capable of producing great physical force): forceless, weak
- (capable of withstanding great physical force): fragile
- (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient): diluted, impotent, weak
- (grammar: irregular): regular, weak
- (military: not easily subdued or taken): weak
Translations[edit] capable of producing great physical force - Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
- Afrikaans: sterk (af)
- Akkadian: 𒆗 (dannu)
- Arabic: قوي (ar) (qawiyy)
- Aragonese: fuerte (an)
- Armenian: ուժեղ (hy) (užeġ)
- Asturian: fuerte (ast)
- Avar: please add this translation if you can
- Azeri: güclü (az)
- Belarusian: моцны (be) (mócny) , сільны (be) (sílʹny)
- Bulgarian: силен (bg) (sílen)
- Catalan: fort (ca)
- Chamicuro: tinowa
- Chechen: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 強 (zh) , 强 (zh) (qiáng)
- Czech: silný (cs) m
- Dalmatian: fuart
- Danish: stærk (da)
- Dutch: sterk (nl) , krachtig (nl)
- Esperanto: forta (eo)
- Estonian: tugev (et)
- Extremaduran: huerti (ext)
- Finnish: vahva (fi) , voimakas (fi) , väkevä (fi)
- French: fort (fr)
- Friulian: fuart
- Galician: forte (gl)
- Georgian: ძლიერი (ka) (jlieri)
- German: stark (de) , kräftig (de)
- Hebrew: חזק (he) (khazak)
- Hindi: बलवान (hi) (balavān) , ताक़तवर (hi) (tāqatavar) , शक्तिशाली (hi) (shaktishālī)
- Hungarian: erős (hu)
- Irish: láidir (ga) , bríomhar (ga) , neartmhar (ga) , calma (ga)
- Italian: forte (it)
- Japanese: 強い (ja) (つよい, tsuyoi)
- Jèrriais: fort
- Khmer: ខ្លាំង (km) (klang)
- Korean: 세다 (ko) (seda) , 강하다 (ko) (ganghada)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: بهقوهت (ku) (ba qoat)
- Latgalian: styprys , dykts
| | - Latin: robustus (la) , firmus (la) , valens (la) , validus (la) , potens (la)
- Latvian: stiprs (lv) , varens (lv) , spēcīgs (lv)
- Lithuanian: stiprus (lt)
- Lojban: tsali (jbo)
- Luxembourgish: staark (lb)
- Macedonian: силен (mk) (sílen)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Occitan: fòrt
- Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: قوی (fa) (qavi)
- Polish: silny (pl) m
- Portuguese: forte (pt)
- Romanian: puternic (ro)
- Romansch: ferm
- Russian: сильный (ru) (sílʹnyj) , мощный (ru) (móščnyj)
- Sanskrit: प्रबल (sa) (prabala) , बलवान (sa) (balavāna) , सबल (sa) (sabala)
- Sardinian: fòlte
- Scottish Gaelic: làidir (gd) , cumhachdach (gd) , lùthmhor (gd) , neartmhor (gd) , treun (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: силан (sh) , јак (sh) , снажан (sh)
- Roman: silan (sh) , jak (sh) , snažan (sh)
- Slovak: silný (sk)
- Slovene: močan (sl) , silen (sl)
- Spanish: fuerte (es)
- Sumerian: 𒆗 (KALAG, KALAGA)
- Swahili: imara (sw)
- Swedish: kraftfull (sv) , stark (sv)
- Telugu: బలమైన (te) (balamaina)
- Thai: แข็งแรง (th) (kăeng raeng)
- Tibetan: ཤུགས་ཆེན་པོ (bo) (shugs chen po)
- Turkish: güçlü (tr)
- Tuvan: шыдалдыг (šydaldyg) , шыырак (šyyrak) , дыңзыг (dyŋzyg) , күштүг (küštüg) , мөчэк (möchek)
- Ukrainian: сильний (uk) (sýlʹnyj)
- Urdu: بلوان (ur) (balavān) , طاقتور (ur) (tāqatvar)
- Vietnamese: mạnh (vi)
- West Frisian: sterk (fy)
- Yiddish: שטאַרק (yi) (shtark)
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capable of withstanding great physical force | | | - Latin: obstans (la) , firmus (la)
- Latvian: stiprs (lv)
- Lojban: tsali (jbo)
- Polish: wytrzymały (pl) , solidny (pl)
- Portuguese: forte (pt) , resistente (pt)
- Romanian: puternic (ro)
- Russian: прочный (ru) (próčnyj) , крепкий (ru) (kr'épkij) , стойкий (ru) (stójkij)
- Sanskrit: दृढ़ (sa) (dr̥ṛha)
- Scottish Gaelic: làidir (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: snážan (sh) , silan (sh) , goroloman (sh) , krepak (sh)
- Spanish: resistente (es)
- Swahili: imara (sw)
- Swedish: hållfast (sv) , stadig (sv) , stark (sv)
- Telugu: దృఢమైన (te) (druDhamaina)
- Turkish: dayanıklı (tr)
- Urdu: مضبوط (ur) (mazbūt) , تگڑا (ur) (tagaṛā)
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highly stimulating to the senses having an offensive or intense odor or flavor having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient having a high alcoholic content military: not easily subdued or taken having a specified number of people or units - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked See also[edit] strong (not comparable) - In a strong manner.
Synonyms[edit] Antonyms[edit] Translations[edit] See also[edit] Statistics[edit]
Middle English[edit] Etymology[edit] From Old English strang. Adjective[edit] strong - strong
Antonyms[edit] Descendants[edit]
Tok Pisin[edit] Etymology[edit] English strong Adjective[edit] strong - Capable of producing great physical force; strong.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force; strong.
- Determined, unyielding.
See also[edit] strong - Strength
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:22 (translation here):
- Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, "Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun."
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