impuissant

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from prefix im- (“not”) + puissant. See puissant.

Adjective

impuissant (comparative more impuissant, superlative most impuissant)

1. weak; impotent; feeble

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “impuissant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From im- +‎ puissant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pɥi.sɑ̃/
• Homophone: impuissants

Adjective

impuissant (feminine impuissante, masculine plural impuissants, feminine plural impuissantes)

1. impotent, powerless

Noun

impuissant m (plural impuissants)

1. an impotent man

Further reading

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