inattention

English

Etymology

From French inattention.

Noun

inattention (countable and uncountable, plural inattentions)

1. Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention

   Synonyms: disregard, heedlessness, neglect

2. An act of neglect; failure of courtesy.

Translations

want of attention

• Bulgarian: невниманив n (nevnimaniv)
• Dutch: onoplettendheid (nl) f
• Finnish: huomion puute
• French: inattention (fr) f
• Italian: inattenzione f
• Malayalam: ശ്രദ്ധക്കുറവ് (śraddhakkuṟavŭ)
• Manx: antort f, meehastey m, meehastid m, meerioose f, neuarrey m, neugheill m, neuhastid m
• Norwegian: uoppmerksomhet (no) m

  Nynorsk: uoppmerksemd f

• Polish: nieuwaga (pl) f, niedbałość (pl) f
• Spanish: inatención (es) f

an act of neglect

• Finnish: laiminlyönti (fi)

failure of courtesy

• Catalan: descortesia f
• Finnish: huomaamattomuus (fi)
• French: décourtoisie (fr) f, discourtoisie (fr) f
• Galician: descortesía f
• Italian: scortesia (it) f
• Portuguese: descortesia f
• Spanish: descortesía (es) f

References

• “inattention”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “inattention”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• intentation

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ attention.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.na.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

inattention f (plural inattentions)

1. inattention

Further reading

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