"impasse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæmpɑːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æmˈpɑːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪmpɑːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈpɑːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪmpæs/ [General-American], /ɪmˈpæs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impasse.wav Forms: impasses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French impasse. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|impasse}} Borrowed from French impasse Head templates: {{en-noun}} impasse (plural impasses)
  1. A road with no exit; a cul-de-sac.
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  2. (figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made. Tags: figuratively Translations (deadlock or stalemate situation): مأزق (Arabic), безизходица (bezizhodica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cul-de-sac [masculine] (Catalan), atzucac [masculine] (Catalan), patová situace (Czech), slepá ulička (Czech), blindgyde [common-gender] (Danish), umpikuja (Finnish), impasse [feminine] (French), Patt [neuter] (German), Hängepartie [feminine] (German), Sackgasse [feminine] (German), Pattsituation [feminine] (German), festgefahrene Situation [feminine] (German), ausweglose Situation [feminine] (German), αδιέξοδο (adiéxodo) [neuter] (Greek), zsákutca (Hungarian), holtpont (Hungarian), patthelyzet (Hungarian), vicolo cieco [masculine] (Italian), impasse [feminine] (Italian), cul de sac [masculine] (Italian), 行き詰まり (yukizumari) (Japanese), whakamāraritanga (Maori), impas [masculine] (Polish), zastój [masculine] (Polish), matnia [feminine] (Polish), ślepa uliczka (Polish), impasse [masculine] (Portuguese), тупи́к (tupík) [masculine] (Russian), ћорсокак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ćorsokak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), punto muerto [masculine] (Spanish), impasse [masculine] (Spanish), impás [masculine] (Spanish), callejón sin salida [masculine] (Spanish), dödläge (Swedish), död punkt (Swedish), ทางตัน (taang-dtan) (Thai), ngõ cụt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-impasse-en-noun-FZ3Z6rG~ Disambiguation of 'deadlock or stalemate situation': 3 97

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          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIV:",
          "text": "“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.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest:",
          "text": "\"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.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 June 12, Emily Cochrane, Annie Karni, “Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal on Gun Safety”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deadlock",
          "deadlock"
        ],
        [
          "stalemate",
          "stalemate"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæmpɑːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æmˈpɑːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪmpɑːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpɑːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪmpæs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪmˈpæs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "مأزق"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezizhodica",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "безизходица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cul-de-sac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atzucac"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "patová situace"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "slepá ulička"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blindgyde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "umpikuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Patt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hängepartie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sackgasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pattsituation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "festgefahrene Situation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ausweglose Situation"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adiéxodo",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αδιέξοδο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "zsákutca"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "holtpont"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "patthelyzet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicolo cieco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cul de sac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yukizumari",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "行き詰まり"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "whakamāraritanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zastój"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "ślepa uliczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tupík",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тупи́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ћорсокак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ćorsokak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punto muerto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impás"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "callejón sin salida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "dödläge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "död punkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "taang-dtan",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "ทางตัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "deadlock or stalemate situation",
      "word": "ngõ cụt"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "impasse"
  ],
  "word": "impasse"
}

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