/sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal/
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sentimental, emotional
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Word origin
From sentiment ("feeling"), from Latin sentire ("to feel"), with the adjective suffix -al. English "sentimental" was borrowed from French.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sentire
- English cognates
- sentiment, sentimental, sense
Grammar
Examples
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She keeps this old letter for sentimental reasons.
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My grandfather is a very sentimental man.
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This sentimental film made me cry.
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His love life is rather complicated at the moment.
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Do not be too sentimental, we have to sell the house.
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