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adamant

/ˈæd.ə.mənt/

Translations

adamantnoun

adamants

/ˈæd.ə.mənt/

adamantLittéraire ; substance ou matière légendaire réputée incassable.

The ancient texts spoke of an adamant that could cut through any material.

Les textes anciens parlaient d’un adamant qui pouvait trancher n’importe quelle matière.

adamantadjective

more adamant

Comp.

most adamant

Super.

/ˈæd.ə.mənt/

inébranlableSe dit d’une personne ou d’une volonté qui refuse de céder.

She was adamant about not going to the party.

Elle était inébranlable dans son refus d’aller à la fête.

Additional translations

adamantinLittéraire ; désigne une dureté extrême, comparable à celle du diamant.

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adamantnoun

A legendary rock or mineral to which many, often contradictory, properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone.

The ancient texts spoke of an adamant that could cut through any material.

Something regarded as unbreakable or exceptionally hard.

Myths speak of chains of pure adamant that could bind even the mightiest of gods.

adamantadjective

Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind; unyielding.

She was adamant about not going to the party, despite her friends' attempts to convince her.

Extremely hard or unbreakable; resembling diamond in hardness (archaic or literary).

The adamant surface of the mysterious alloy resisted every attempt to scratch it.