adamant

UK
/ˈæd.ə.mənt/
US
/ˈæd.ə.mənt/

Traduzioni

adamantnoun
adamants
pl
UK
/ˈæd.ə.mənt/
US
/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.
UK
/ˈæd.ə.mənt/
US
/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.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
adamantinLittéraire ; désigne une dureté extrême, comparable à celle du diamant.

Definizioni

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.