adjective · rare

stout

stout · stouter · stoutest

твердий, важкий, міцний

крупный, крепкий, толстый, прочный

fest, groß, stabil, korpulent

Large; bulkyLarge; bulky.

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US/stʌʊt/

» My uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.

Мій дядько худорлявий, а моя тітка гладка. — deniko

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Meaning

7 senses

Large; bulky.
groß, korpulent
кру́пныйkrúpnyj, то́лстыйtólstyj
Firm; resolute; dauntless.
fest, resolut
про́чныйpróčnyj, кре́пкийkrépkij
Materially strong, enduring.
Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.
stabil, fest, robust
кре́пкийkrépkij
Obstinate.
(Ireland)Drunk.
(obsolete)Bold, strong-minded.
kräftig, kraftvoll
здоро́выйzdoróvyj, кре́пкийkrépkij
(obsolete)Proud; haughty.
stolz, hochmütig, überheblich
го́рдыйgórdyj

More definitions

euphemisms for ‘fat’
dependable
having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

Examples

18 sentences

My uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.
Мій дядько худорлявий, а моя тітка гладка. — deniko
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Irish stout is the best beer.
deIrisches Stout ist das beste Bier. — Yorwba
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The defenders put up a stout resistance.
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He looked small beside my father's stout body.
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The stout man got into a cab in haste.
deDer korpulente Mann stieg hastig in ein Taxi ein. — Dani6187
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

large, bulky, corpulent:

lusty, vigorous:

proud, haughty:

firm, resolute:

Deutsch

By meaning 5

large, bulky, corpulent:

lusty, vigorous:

proud, haughty:

firm, resolute:

materially strong:

Origin

From Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French

From Middle English stoute, from Old French estout (“brave, fierce, proud”) (Modern French dialectal stout (“proud”)), from earlier Old French estolt (“strong”), from Frankish *stolt, *stult (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Germanic *stultaz (“bold, proud”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, stand”).

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