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impasse

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French impasse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

impasse (plural impasses)

  1. A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac. [from 1851]
  2. (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."
    • 2022 June 12, Emily Cochrane, Annie Karni, “Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal on Gun Safety”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      The agreement, which falls short of the sprawling changes championed by Democrats, is a significant step toward ending a yearslong impasse over gun reform legislation.

Translations edit

road with no exit — see dead end

References edit

  1. ^ Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Concise Oxford Enɡlish Dictionary
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “impasse”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading edit

  • “impasse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams edit

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From French impasse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

impasse f (plural impasses or impassen)

  1. 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 edit

Etymology edit

From im- +‎ passe.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pas/, /ɛ̃.pɑs/
  • audio (France)(file)

Noun edit

impasse f (plural impasses)

  1. stalemate, impasse (situation in which no progress can be made; not used in the chess sense of stalemate)
  2. dead-end; cul-de-sac (street)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → English: impasse
  • → German: Impasse
  • → Italian: impasse
  • → Dutch: impasse
  • → Portuguese: impasse
  • → Spanish: impasse

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Galician edit

Verb edit

impasse

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of impar

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from French impasse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

impasse f (invariable)

  1. impasse, dead-end, deadlock, stalemate
    Synonym: stallo

References edit

  1. ^ 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 edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French impasse.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: im‧pas‧se

Noun edit

impasse m (plural impasses)

  1. impasse (a situation in which no progress can be made)

Further reading edit

Spanish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from French impasse.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

impasse m (plural impasses)

  1. impasse

Usage notes edit

According 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.

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