sentimental

From sentiment + -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/, /ˌsɛniˈmɛnl̩/

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• Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental (comparative more sentimental, superlative most sentimental)

1. Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.
   • 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC:

     Are you in sentimental mood?
     I'll sigh with you.

   • 1944, Doris Day, Sentimental Journey:

     Gonna take a Sentimental Journey,
     Gonna set my heart at ease.
     Gonna make a Sentimental Journey,
     to renew old memories.

   • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.

     Wish I was old and a little sentimental

2. Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.
3. Romantic.

• unsentimental

• entailments

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sən.ti.mənˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sen.ti.menˈtal]

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sentimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentals)

1. sentimental

• sentimentalisme
• sentimentalitat
• sentimentalment

• sentiment

• “sentimental”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Spanish sentimental.

• IPA^(key): /sentimenˈtal/ [sen̪.ti.men̪ˈtal̪]
• Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimentál (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔)

1. sentimental

English sentimental. By surface analysis, sentiment +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃.tal/
• Homophones: sentimentale, sentimentales

sentimental (feminine sentimentale, masculine plural sentimentaux, feminine plural sentimentales)

1. sentimental

• “sentimental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• IPA^(key): /sentimenˈtal/ [s̺en̪.t̪i.mẽn̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)

1. sentimental

• “sentimental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Borrowed from French sentimental.

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɛntimɛnˈtaːl/

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sentimental (strong nominative masculine singular sentimentaler, comparative sentimentaler, superlative am sentimentalsten)

1. sentimental
   • 1980, Annette Humpe, “Blaue Augen”, performed by Ideal:

     Bloß deine blauen Augen / Machen mich so sentimental / So blaue Augen / Wenn du mich so anschaust / Wird mir alles andre egal

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• “sentimental” in Duden online
• “sentimental”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Internationalism

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /sɛntiˈmɛntal/ [sɛn̪.t̪iˈmen̪.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -ɛntal
• Syllabification: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental (comparative lebih sentimental, superlative paling sentimental)

1. sentimental

• sentimentil

• “sentimental”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)

1. sentimental

• usentimental

• “sentimental” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English sentimental, ultimately from Latin sentimentum.

sentimental (neuter singular sentimentalt, definite singular and plural sentimentale)

1. sentimental

• usentimental

• “sentimental” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French sentimental. By surface analysis, sentimento (“feeling”) +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental m or f (plural sentimentais)

1. sentimental

• sentimentalmente

• “sentimental”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sentimental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French sentimental. By surface analysis, sentiment +‎ -al.

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sentimental m or n (feminine singular sentimentală, masculine plural sentimentali, feminine/neuter plural sentimentale)

1. sentimental

• sentimentalism
• sentimentalitate

• “sentimental”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

• IPA^(key): /sentimenˈtal/ [sẽn̪.t̪i.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: sen‧ti‧men‧tal

sentimental m or f (masculine and feminine plural sentimentales)

1. sentimental

• “sentimental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025