inattention

English

Etymology

From French inattention

Noun

inattention (countable and uncountable, plural inattentions)

1. Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention

   Synonyms: disregard, heedlessness, neglect

2. An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.

Translations

want of attention

• French: inattention (fr) f
• Italian: inattenzione f
• Manx: antort f, meehastey m, meehastid m, meerioose f, neuarrey m, neugheill m, neuhastid m

• Norwegian: uoppmerksomhet (no) m

  Nynorsk: uoppmerksemd f

• Spanish: inatención (es) f

an act of neglect

failure of courtesy

• Catalan: descortesia f
• French: décourtoisie (fr) f, discourtoisie (fr) f
• Galician: descortesía f

• Italian: scortesia (it) f
• Portuguese: descortesia f
• Spanish: descortesía (es) f

References

• inattention in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inattention in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• intentation

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French

Etymology

in- +‎ attention.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.na.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

inattention f (plural inattentions)

1. inattention

Further reading

• “inattention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).