impertinence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impertinence, from impertinent (“impertinent”); by surface analysis, im- +‎ pertinent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪm.ˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪm.ˈpɝ.tɪ.nəns/, (rare) /ɪm.ˈpɝt.nəns/

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Noun

impertinence (countable and uncountable, plural impertinences)

1. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
2. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
3. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
4. (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 198–199:

     "Because," interrupted the actress, "I see things exactly as they are. I calculate my effects, but they do not deceive myself; you, on the contrary, live in a world of illusions, where every thing is called by such an exceedingly fine name, that it seems a downright impertinence to ascertain what it really is."

Translations

Lack of pertinence; irrelevance

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: неуместност (bg) f (neumestnost)
• Dutch: onbeschaamdheid (nl)
• Galician: please add this translation if you can
• German: Unbedeutendheit f, Unerheblichkeit f, Unmaßgeblichkeit f, Unbedeutsamkeit (de) f, Irrelevanz (de) f, Belanglosigkeit (de) f, Unwichtigkeit (de) f
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: بی قرار (fa) (bi qarâr)
• Portuguese: impertinência (pt) f
• Romanian: irelevanță f
• Russian: неуместность (ru) f (neumestnostʹ)
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An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent

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• Persian: بی قراری (bi qarâri)
• Romanian: impertinență (ro) f
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The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: uforskammethed c
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• German: Unangebrachtheit f, Ungehörigkeit f
• Greek: απρέπεια (el) f (aprépeia)
• Irish: brusaireacht f, cocaireacht f, dosaireacht f, dradaireacht f, pastaireacht f, plucaireacht f, smuigíneacht f, tagracht f, táthaireacht f, teallaireacht f
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insolence

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: наглост (bg) f (naglost), нахалство (bg) n (nahalstvo)
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• German: Unverfrorenheit (de) f, Unverschämtheit (de) f, Ungehörigkeit f
• Greek: αμετροέπεια (el) f (ametroépeia)
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• Ottoman Turkish: پیشانی (pişanî)
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• Polish: arogancja (pl) f, bezczelność (pl) f, bezwstydność (pl) f, hucpiarstwo n, impertynenckość f, zuchwalstwo (pl) n, zuchwałość (pl) f
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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s/

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Noun

impertinence f (plural impertinences)

1. impertinence

Further reading

• “impertinence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.