tough
Signification (Anglais)
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- Strong and resilient; sturdy.
- Difficult to cut or chew.
- Rugged or physically hardy.
- Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence.
- Harsh or severe.
- Rowdy or rough.
- Difficult or demanding.
- Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
- Strict, not lenient.
Concepts
blouson noir
écriture brouillonne
peu conciliant
houligan
pauv’type
Synonymes
stallwart
not tender
yob
strong-armer
be hard
be cruel
be strong
get-tough
grow hard
heavy handed
insistent
strongheaded
stubborn person
bug-eaten
hard to deal with
be robust
beardown
troublous
be able to stand up to
be able to take
very difficult to endure
be doughty
resist without yielding
unwieldy
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/tʌf/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”), from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognates Cognate with Scots teuch (“tough”), tūch (“tough”), Dutch taai (“tough”), Low German tage, taag, taë, taa (“tough”), German zäh (“tough”), dialectal German zach (“tough; boring”).
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