impedimentum

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impedimentum.

Noun

impedimentum m (plural impedimenta)

1. (chiefly in the plural) impediment, hindrance
2. (chiefly in the plural) impedimentum (large and cumbersome luggage)

   Synonym: impédiment

   Hypernym: bagage

Further reading

• “impedimentum” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “impedimenta” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “impedimenta” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “impedimenta” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “impedimentum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

FWOTD – 17 June 2023

Etymology

From impedio +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.diːˈmen.tum/, [ɪmpɛd̪iːˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe.diˈmen.tum/, [imped̪iˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

impedīmentum n (genitive impedīmentī); second declension

1. impediment, hindrance

   Synonyms: obstāculum, mora

2. (usually in the plural) luggage, equipage

   Synonyms: sarcina, vasum

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.10:

     Duabus Agendici legionibus atque impedimentis totius exer citus (exercitus) relictis ad Boios proficiscitur

     having left two legions and the luggage of the entire army in Agendicum, he departures to the Boii

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	impedīmentum	impedīmenta
Genitive	impedīmentī	impedīmentōrum
Dative	impedīmentō	impedīmentīs
Accusative	impedīmentum	impedīmenta
Ablative	impedīmentō	impedīmentīs
Vocative	impedīmentum	impedīmenta

Descendants

Inherited:

• Old French: *empedement (only attested once in the IXth Century in the plural under the form empedementz)
• Italian: impedimento
• Piedmontese: impediment

Borrowed:

• → English: impediment, impedimentum
• → French: impédiment, impedimentum
• → Portuguese: impedimento
• → Romanian: impediment
• → Spanish: impedimento

References

• “impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impedimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.