intransigent
in·tran·si·gent/ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/adjective, noun
intransigent is spelled I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-G-E-N-T: 12 letters and 4 syllables (in·tran·si·gent). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, intransigent means “Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in intransigent?
| Letters | 12: I-N-T-R-A-N-S-I-G-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·tran·si·gent |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 67,454th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is intransigent?
Intransigent appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 67,454th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce intransigent?
- /ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/
- /ɪnˈtɹæn.zə.d͡ʒənt/
Intransigent has 4 syllables, split in·tran·si·gent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-intransigent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of intransigent
- more intransigent comparative
- most intransigent superlative
- intransigeant
- intransigents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does intransigent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
Near-synonyms: intractable; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
noun
- 1
A person who is intransigent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intransigent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unwilling to compromise or moderate a position, mad:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intransigeant, impitoyable |
| German | kompromisslos, intransigent, unnachgiebig, hartleibig, unbeugsam, unversöhnlich |
| Portuguese | intransigente |
| Spanish | intransigente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does intransigent come from?
Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).