noun · countable / uncountable · rare

penchant

penchant · penchants

бажання

предпочтение, склонность

Hang, Neigung, Vorliebe

A taste, liking, or inclination forA taste, liking, or inclination for (something).

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UK/ˈpɒnʃɒn/US/ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt/

» Sami had a penchant for knives.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)A taste, liking, or inclination for (something).
He has a penchant for fine wine.
Vorliebe, Hang, Neigung
скло́нностьsklónnostʹ, предпочте́ниеpredpočténije
a strong liking
(uncountable)A card game resembling bezique.
(countable, uncountable)In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.

Examples

4 sentences

Sami had a penchant for knives.
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Women have a natural penchant for the mysterious.
ruДля женщин естественна склонность ко всему таинственному.
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He plays a wily detective with a penchant for disguises.
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He has a penchant for whistling at pretty ladies he sees on the street.
ruУ него есть пристрастие свистеть вслед хорошеньким девушкам, которых он видит на улице.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

taste, liking, or inclination (for):

Deutsch

By meaning 1

taste, liking, or inclination (for):

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean

Unadapted borrowing from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang”).

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