impertinens

Latin

Etymology

in- + pertinens

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪmˈpɛr.tɪ.nẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈpɛr.ti.nens]
• Hyphenation: im‧per‧ti‧nēns

Adjective

impertinēns (genitive impertinentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. not belonging thereto

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	impertinēns			impertinentēs	impertinentia
genitive	impertinentis			impertinentium
dative	impertinentī			impertinentibus
accusative	impertinentem	impertinēns		impertinentēs impertinentīs	impertinentia
ablative	impertinente impertinentī1			impertinentibus
vocative	impertinēns			impertinentēs	impertinentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendents

• Old French: impertinent
  • Middle French: impertinent
  • → English: impertinent
• → Italian: impertinente
• → Dutch: impertinent
• → Portuguese: impertinente
• → Spanish: impertinente
• → Polish: impertynencki
• → Slovak: impertinentný
• → Swedish: impertinent

Further reading

• “impertinens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impertinens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.