impertinence

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French impertinence

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪm.ˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/
• IPA^(key): /ɪm.ˈpɝ.tɨ.nəns/

Noun

impertinence (countable and uncountable, plural impertinences)

1. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
2. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
3. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
4. (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.

Translations

Lack of pertinence; irrelevance

• Bulgarian: неуместност (bg) f (neumestnost)
• Dutch: onbeschaamdheid (nl)
• German: Unbedeutendheit f, Unerheblichkeit f, Unmaßgeblichkeit f, Unbedeutsamkeit f, Irrelevanz (de) f, Belanglosigkeit (de) f, Unwichtigkeit f
• Persian: بی قرار (fa) (bi qarâr)
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• Portuguese: impertinência (pt) f
• Romanian: irelevanță f
• Russian: неуместность (ru) f (neumestnostʹ)

An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent

• Persian: بی قراری (bi qarâri)
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• Romanian: impertinență (ro) f

The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness

• Danish: uforskammethed c
• German: Unangebrachtheit f, Ungehörigkeit f
• Greek: απρέπεια (el) f (aprépeia)
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• Irish: brusaireacht f, cocaireacht f, dosaireacht f, dradaireacht f, pastaireacht f, plucaireacht f, smuigíneacht f, tagracht f, táthaireacht f, teallaireacht f

insolence

• Bulgarian: наглост (bg) f (naglost), нахалство (bg) n (nahalstvo)
• German: Unverfrorenheit (de) f, Unverschämtheit (de) f, Ungehörigkeit f
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• Greek: αμετροέπεια (el) f (ametroépeia)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

impertinence f (plural impertinences)

1. impertinence

Further reading

• “impertinence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.