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Webster 1913 Edition

Penchant

‖

Penˊchant′

,

Noun.

[F., fr.

pencher

to bend, fr. (assumed) LL.

pendicare

, L.

pendere

. See

.]

Inclination; decided taste; bias;

as, a

penchant

for art

.

Definition 2024

penchant

penchant

English

Noun

penchant ‎(countable and uncountable, plural penchants)

taste, liking, or inclination (for)
He has a penchant for fine wine.
(card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
(card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.

Synonyms

desire

Related terms

pendant

Translations

taste, liking, or inclination (for)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 愛好 (zh), 爱好 (zh) ‎(àihào), 傾向 (zh), 倾向 (zh) ‎(qīngxiàng)
Czech: vášeň (cs) f
Dutch: neiging (nl) f, voorkeur (nl) f
Finnish: mieltymys
French: penchant (fr) m
German: Vorliebe (de) f, Hang (de) m, Neigung (de) f
Italian: inclinazione (it) m, apprezzamento (it) m

Japanese: 傾向 (ja) ‎(けいこう, keikō)
Polish: skłonność (pl) f
Portuguese: inclinação (pt) f, predisposição f
Russian: скло́нность (ru) f ‎(sklónnostʹ), предпочте́ние (ru) n ‎(predpočténije) (preference)
Spanish: inclinación (es), gusto (es)
Swedish: böjelse (sv) c, förkärlek (sv) c, försmak c
Welsh: gogwydd m, tuedd f

French

Noun

penchant m ‎(plural penchants)

penchant

Verb

penchant

present participle of pencher