Complete Definition of "trenchant"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�tren��nt/
audio|en-us-trenchant.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
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  1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
  2. figurative keen|Keen; bite|biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe; as, trenchant wit.

Translations
trans-top|sharp
French: tranchant
Ido: tranchiva, tranchema
Swedish: skarp
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trans-top|biting, severe
German: treffsicher, prägnant, bei�end, pointiert
Swedish: bitande (kritik); kraftfull
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