impasse
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæmpɑːs/[1][2], /æmˈpɑːs/[2], /ˈɪmpɑːs/[2], /ɪmˈpɑːs/[2]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪmpæs/[3], /ɪmˈpæs/[3]
Noun
editimpasse (plural impasses)
- A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac. [from 1851]
- (figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIV:
- “It seems to me the thing's an impasse. French expression,” I explained, “meaning that we're stymied good and proper with no hope of finding a formula.”
- 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest:
- "Young man, this town is at a bit of an impasse. If you have any suggestion that might help, now would be the time to voice it."
Translations
editroad with no exit — see dead end
deadlock or stalemate situation
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References
edit- ^ Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Concise Oxford Enɡlish Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “impasse”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
edit- “impasse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editimpasse f (plural impasses or impassen)
- impasse (situation in which no progress can be made)
- De onderhandelingen verkeerden al maanden in een impasse.
- Negotiations had been at an impasse for months.
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editimpasse f (plural impasses)
- stalemate, impasse (situation in which no progress can be made; not used in the chess sense of stalemate)
- dead-end; cul-de-sac (street)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: impasse
- → German: Impasse
- → Italian: impasse
- → Dutch: impasse
- → Portuguese: impasse
- → Spanish: impasse
Further reading
editGalician
editVerb
editimpasse
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French impasse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editimpasse f (invariable)
References
edit- ^ impasse in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
edit- impasse in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: im‧pas‧se
Noun
editimpasse m (plural impasses)
- impasse (a situation in which no progress can be made)
Further reading
edit- “impasse”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French impasse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editimpasse m (plural impasses)
Usage notes
editAccording to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
edit- “impasse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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