Complete Definition of "penchant"

English

Etymology
Present participle of French pencher, "to tilt", "to lean", from Latin pendere, "to hang", "to lean".

Noun
penchant uncountable

  1. taste, liking, or inclination (for)

Synonyms
desire

Translations

Dutch: neiging f
Finnish: mieltymys
mid
German: Vorliebe f, Hang m
Italian: inclinazione m, apprezzamento m

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