reluctant

Signification (Anglais)

  1. Not wanting to take some action; unwilling to do something.
  2. (archaic) Contrary; defiant; refractory.
  3. Tending to match as little text as possible.

Concepts

Opposé de
greedy
Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɹɪˈlʌktənt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Learned borrowing from Latin reluctāns, present participle of reluctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + luctor (“to struggle”).

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