Etymology
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From Middle French impudence Latin impudentia
Pronunciation
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( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɪmpjədəns/ , /ˈɪmpjudəns/ Audio (Southern England): (file )
impudence (countable and uncountable plural impudences
The quality of being impudent , not showing due respect .
Impudent language, conduct or behavior .
1918 W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell , chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company , →OCLC That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence .
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quality of being impudent
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: наха́лство (bg) n ( nahálstvo ) , дъ́рзост (bg) f ( dǎ́rzost )
Catalan: impudència f
Czech: drzost (cs) f nestydatost (cs) f opovážlivost (cs) f
Dutch: onbeschoftheid (nl) f onbeschaamdheid (nl) f brutaliteit (nl) f
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: röyhkeys (fi) , häpeämättömyys (fi) , julkeus (fi)
French: impudence (fr) f
Galician: impudencia f
German: Flegelei f Frechheit (de) f Unverschämtheit (de) f Vermessenheit f Unverfrorenheit (de) f
Greek: θράσος (el) n ( thrásos )
Hebrew: עזות-מצח f ( azút-métzakh )
Interlingua: impudentia
Irish: brusaireacht f gearr-aighneas m dailtíneacht f
Italian: impudenza (it) f sfrontatezza (it) f
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frekkhet m or f uforskammethet (no) m or f
Ottoman Turkish: پیشانی ( pişanî )
Persian: بیادبی (fa) ( bi-adabi )
Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
Polish: arogancja (pl) f bezczelność (pl) f bezwstydność (pl) f hucpiarstwo n impertynenckość f zuchwalstwo (pl) n zuchwałość (pl) f
Portuguese: impudência (pt) f
Romanian: obrăznicie (ro) f impudoare (ro) f impudență f
Russian: на́глость (ru) f ( náglostʹ ) , де́рзость (ru) f ( dérzostʹ ) , наха́льство (ru) n ( naxálʹstvo ) , нахрапистость (ru) n ( naxrapistostʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: sgimilearachd f
Spanish: impudencia (es) f descaro (es) m desenvoltura
Turkish: arsızlık (tr)
Welsh: please add this translation if you can
impudent language, conduct or behavior
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: безо́чие (bg) n ( bezóčie )
Czech: drzost (cs) f
Dutch: onbeschaamdheid (nl) f
Faroese: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: röyhkeys (fi) , häpeämättömyys (fi) , julkeus (fi)
French: impudence (fr) f ( often in the plural )
Galician: please add this translation if you can
German: Flegelei f Frechheit (de) f Unverschämtheit (de) f Vermessenheit f unverschämtes Benehmen n Unverfrorenheit (de) f
Greek: θράσος (el) n ( thrásos )
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Irish: brusaireacht f gearr-aighneas m
Italian: impudenza (it) f sfrontatezza (it) f
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frekkhet m or f uforskammethet (no) m or f
Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
Polish: arogancja (pl) f bezczelność (pl) f bezwstydność (pl) f hucpiarstwo n impertynenckość f zuchwalstwo (pl) n zuchwałość (pl) f
Portuguese: impudência (pt) f
Romanian: obrăznicie (ro) f
Russian: на́глость (ru) f ( náglostʹ ) , де́рзость (ru) f ( dérzostʹ ) , наха́льство (ru) n ( naxálʹstvo )
Scottish Gaelic: sgimilearachd f
Spanish: impudicia (es) f descaro (es) m insolencia (es) f desvergüenza (es) f
Turkish: arsızlık (tr) sg
Welsh: please add this translation if you can
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