consistent
consistent - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kənˈsɪstənt/
- Hyphenation: con‧sist‧ent
Adjective
consistent (comparative more consistent, superlative most consistent)
- Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
- The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
- He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
- Compatible, accordant.
- (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
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Noun
consistent (plural consistents)
- (in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
- (Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.
Hypernyms
- (kind of penitent): penitent
Anagrams
consistent - Catalan
Adjective
consistent (masculine and feminine plural consistents)
Derived terms
consistent - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌkɔn.siˈstɛnt/, /ˌkɔn.sɪˈstɛnt/
- Hyphenation: con‧sis‧tent
Adjective
consistent (comparative consistenter, superlative consistentst)
Inflection
Inflection of consistent | ||||
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uninflected | consistent | |||
inflected | consistente | |||
comparative | consistenter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | consistent | consistenter | het consistentst het consistentste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | consistente | consistentere | consistentste |
n. sing. | consistent | consistenter | consistentste | |
plural | consistente | consistentere | consistentste | |
definite | consistente | consistentere | consistentste | |
partitive | consistents | consistenters | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: konsisten
consistent - French
Verb
consistent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of consister
consistent - Latin
Verb
cōnsistent
- third-person plural future active indicative of cōnsistō
consistent - Romanian
Adjective
consistent m or n (feminine singular consistentă, masculine plural consistenți, feminine and neuter plural consistente)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | consistent | consistentă | consistenți | consistente | ||
definite | consistentul | consistenta | consistenții | consistentele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | consistent | consistente | consistenți | consistente | ||
definite | consistentului | consistentei | consistenților | consistentelor |