impatient

See also inpatient

English

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Adjective

impatient (comparative more impatient, superlative most impatient)

1. restless and intolerant of delays
2. anxious and eager, especially to begin something

Derived terms

• impatiently

Translations

restless and intolerant of delays

Chinese: Mandarin: 不耐煩 (cmn), 不耐烦 (cmn) (bù nàifán), 浮躁 (cmn) (fúzào) Croatian: nestr̀pljiv (hr) Czech: netrpělivý (cs) m. Dutch: ongeduldig (nl) Esperanto: malpacienca (eo), senpacienca (eo) Finnish: kärsimätön

French: impatient (fr) Hungarian: türelmetlen (hu) Luxembourgish: ongedëlleg (lb) Polish: niecierpliwy m., niecierpliwa f., niecierpliwe n. Russian: нетерпеливый (ru) (n'et'erp'elívyj) Swedish: otålig (sv), utan tålamod (sv)

anxious and eager

Chinese: Mandarin: 急躁 (cmn) (jízào), 焦急 (cmn) (jiāojí) Croatian: nestr̀pljiv (hr) Dutch: ongeduldig (nl) Finnish: kärsimätön

French: impatient (fr) Polish: niecierpliwy m., niecierpliwa f., niecierpliwe n. Russian: нетерпеливый (ru) (n'et'erp'elívyj) Swedish: ivrig (sv)

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French: impatient m., impatiente f. Slovak: netrpezlivý m., netrpezlivá f., netrpezlivé n. Spanish: impaciente