"impertinence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪm.ˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/ [UK], /ɪm.ˈpɝ.tɪ.nəns/ [US], /ɪm.ˈpɝt.nəns/ [US, rare] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-impertinence.wav Forms: impertinences [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impertinence, from impertinent (“impertinent”); by surface analysis, im- + pertinent. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|frm|impertinence}} Borrowed from Middle French impertinence, {{surface analysis|en|im-|pertinent|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, im- + pertinent Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} impertinence (countable and uncountable, plural impertinences)
  1. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance. Tags: uncountable Translations (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance): неуместност (neumestnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), onbeschaamdheid (Dutch), Unbedeutendheit [feminine] (German), Unerheblichkeit [feminine] (German), Unmaßgeblichkeit [feminine] (German), Unbedeutsamkeit [feminine] (German), Irrelevanz [feminine] (German), Belanglosigkeit [feminine] (German), Unwichtigkeit [feminine] (German), بی قرار (bi qarâr) (Persian), impertinência [feminine] (Portuguese), irelevanță [feminine] (Romanian), неуместность (neumestnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-impertinence-en-noun-adVLlT37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 13 8 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 7 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 78 6 3 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 6 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 67 16 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 80 10 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 67 9 4 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 9 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 51 19 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 67 16 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 56 26 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 63 17 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 18 3 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 67 15 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 66 16 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 7 3 14 Disambiguation of 'Lack of pertinence; irrelevance': 98 1 0 1
  2. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent. Tags: countable Translations (An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent): بی قراری (bi qarâri) (Persian), impertinență [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-impertinence-en-noun-WuaK9gpp Disambiguation of 'An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent': 1 97 1 2
  3. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness. Tags: uncountable Translations (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness): uforskammethed [common-gender] (Danish), Unangebrachtheit [feminine] (German), Ungehörigkeit [feminine] (German), απρέπεια (aprépeia) [feminine] (Greek), brusaireacht [feminine] (Irish), cocaireacht [feminine] (Irish), dosaireacht [feminine] (Irish), dradaireacht [feminine] (Irish), pastaireacht [feminine] (Irish), plucaireacht [feminine] (Irish), smuigíneacht [feminine] (Irish), tagracht [feminine] (Irish), táthaireacht [feminine] (Irish), teallaireacht [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-impertinence-en-noun-Dv1iNae9 Disambiguation of 'The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness': 0 1 99 0
  4. (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (insolence): наглост (naglost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), нахалство (nahalstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Unverfrorenheit [feminine] (German), Unverschämtheit [feminine] (German), Ungehörigkeit [feminine] (German), αμετροέπεια (ametroépeia) [feminine] (Greek), پیشانی (pişanî) (Ottoman Turkish), arogancja [feminine] (Polish), bezczelność [feminine] (Polish), bezwstydność [feminine] (Polish), hucpiarstwo [neuter] (Polish), impertynenckość [feminine] (Polish), zuchwalstwo [neuter] (Polish), zuchwałość [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-impertinence-en-noun-K-AJhXHs Categories (other): English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 29 21 8 42 Disambiguation of 'insolence': 2 2 0 95

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
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        "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance."
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        "(countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent."
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        "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness."
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        "(uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness."
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          "text": "\"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.\"",
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        "Insolence; impudence."
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        "(countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence."
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ɪm.ˈpɝ.tɪ.nəns/",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neumestnost",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неуместност"
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      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "word": "onbeschaamdheid"
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      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unbedeutendheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unerheblichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unmaßgeblichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unbedeutsamkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irrelevanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Belanglosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unwichtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi qarâr",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "word": "بی قرار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impertinência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "irelevanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neumestnostʹ",
      "sense": "Lack of pertinence; irrelevance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неуместность"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi qarâri",
      "sense": "An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent",
      "word": "بی قراری"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "uforskammethed"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unangebrachtheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Ungehörigkeit"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aprépeia",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "απρέπεια"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "brusaireacht"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
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      "word": "cocaireacht"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "dosaireacht"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dradaireacht"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pastaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plucaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smuigíneacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tagracht"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "táthaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teallaireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naglost",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наглост"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nahalstvo",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "нахалство"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unverfrorenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unverschämtheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ungehörigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ametroépeia",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αμετροέπεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "pişanî",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "word": "پیشانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arogancja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezczelność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezwstydność"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hucpiarstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impertynenckość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zuchwalstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insolence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zuchwałość"
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}

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