impuissance
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French impuissance.
Noun
impuissance (usually uncountable, plural impuissances)
- Impotence, weakness.
- Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
- Philemon Holland (1552-1637)
- Their own impuissance and weakness.
French
Etymology
From in- + puissance (or possibly from impuissant + -ance).
Pronunciation
Noun
impuissance f (plural impuissances)
Further reading
- “impuissance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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