inconvenient
See also: inconvénient
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.
Adjective edit
inconvenient (comparative more inconvenient, superlative most inconvenient)
- not convenient
- Antonym: convenient
Translations edit
not convenient
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Noun edit
inconvenient (plural inconvenients)
- (obsolete) An inconsistency, an incongruity.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- To provide against this inconvenient, when the Stoikes were demanded whence the election of two indifferent things commeth into our soule […] they answer, that this motion of the soule is extraorainarie and irregular comming into us by a strange, accidentall and casuall impulsion.
- (obsolete) An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.
Related terms edit
- inconvenience (noun)
- inconveniently (adverb)
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin inconvenientem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [iŋ.kum.bə.niˈen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.koɱ.və.niˈent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [iŋ.koɱ.ve.niˈent]
Adjective edit
inconvenient m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconvenients)
- inconvenient
- Antonym: convenient
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
inconvenient m (plural inconvenients)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “inconvenient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inconvenient”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “inconvenient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inconvenient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin inconveniens, inconvenientem.
Noun edit
inconvenient m (plural inconveniens)
- disadvantage; downside; negative aspect
Descendants edit
- English: inconvenient
- French: inconvénient
See also edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French inconvénient, from Latin inconveniens.
Noun edit
inconvenient n (plural inconveniente)
Declension edit
Declension of inconvenient
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) inconvenient | inconvenientul | (niște) inconveniente | inconvenientele |
genitive/dative | (unui) inconvenient | inconvenientului | (unor) inconveniente | inconvenientelor |
vocative | inconvenientule | inconvenientelor |