staunch

Meaning

Adj

1. Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
2. Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
3. Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
4. Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
5. Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
6. Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
7. (obsolete) Cautious, restrained.
8. stubborn, intransigent

Verb

Alternative spelling of stanch

Noun

1. (obsolete) That which stanches or checks a flow.
2. (obsolete) That which stanches or checks a flow.
3. (obsolete) An act of stanching or stopping.
4. Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”)

Noun

Alternative spelling of stanch (“a floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river”)

Synonyms

steadfast

faithful

stanch

halt

true

trusty

firm

loyal

strong

stop

🛑

abate

constant

unswerving

stem

steady

resolute

upright

honest

prorogue

reliable

lift

devoted

solid

straightforward

⬆️

dependable

determined

end

🔚

discontinue

quell

good

👍

bar

brave

conclude

credible

dedicated

fast

finish

forthright

gallant

honourable

right

stable

stallwart

substantial

terminate

trustworthy

unflinching

unimpeachable

valiant

valorous

watertight

worthy

choke up

fixed

very strong

abiding

bung

hard

hardcore

hardy

bold

unwavering

jam

land up

leal

blocky

block up

lug

nick

obstruct

occlude

permanent

persistent

plug

block off

blockade

block

back up

responsible

unyielding

right angle

right hand

screen

set

authentic

square

standard

dyed-in-the-wool

assuage

stationary

arrest

apprehend

allegiant

stopper

stopple

stouthearted

straight

allay

adamant

stuff

sturdy

frank

sure

tampon

tenacious

tenacity

waterproof

accurate

true blue

truehearted

trusted

true to

aboveboard

truthful

dam up

daring

uncompromising

dam

detain

courageous

consistent

dike

direct

committed

durable

ebb

close

equable

erect

clog

unfaltering

wholehearted

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɔːn(t)ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: staunch

Cognate with French: étanche

Cognate with French: étancher

Cognate with Italian: stanco

Cognate with Portuguese: estanque

Cognate with Romansh: staunza

Cognate with Spanish: estanco

Inherited from Middle English: staunchen

In summary

From Middle English staunch, staunche (“(adjective) in good condition or repair; solidly made, firm; watertight; of a person or wound: not bleeding; certain; intact; (adverb) firmly, soundly”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman estaunche, Old French estanche (“firm; watertight”) (modern French étanche (“airtight; watertight”)), a variant of estanc (“a pond”), from estanchier (“to stop the flow of a liquid (blood, water, etc.); to make (something) watertight; to quench (thirst)”) (modern French étancher), possibly from one of the following:
* From Vulgar Latin *stagnicāre, from Latin stāgnum (“piece of standing water, pond; fen, swamp”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to drip; to seep”).
* From Vulgar Latin *stānticāre, from *stānticus (“tired”), from Latin stāns, stāntis (“standing; remaining, staying”). Stāns is the present active participle of stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).
cognates
* Italian stanco (“bored; tired”)
* Portuguese estanque (“watertight”)
* Romansch staunza (“a room”)
* Spanish estanco (“closed, sealed; airtight; watertight”)