Grammatical class

Adjective

expressif

expressive

Details

Syllables

ex-pres-sif

Phonetics

ɛk.spʁe.sif

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

29899

Freq. (movies)

25479

Freq. (news)

41438

Sentences

Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.

Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself.

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