impertinence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French impertinence, from impertinent (“impertinent”); by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nəns/, (rare) /ɪmˈpɝt.nəns/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]impertinence (countable and uncountable, plural impertinences)
- (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
- (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
- (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
- (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 198–199:
- "Because," interrupted the actress, "I see things exactly as they are. I calculate my effects, but they do not deceive myself; you, on the contrary, live in a world of illusions, where every thing is called by such an exceedingly fine name, that it seems a downright impertinence to ascertain what it really is."
Translations
[edit]Lack of pertinence; irrelevance
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An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent
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The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness
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insolence
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]impertinence f (plural impertinences)
Further reading
[edit]- “impertinence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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