"impotence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪmpətəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impotence.wav Forms: impotences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|impotence}} Middle French impotence, {{der|en|la|impotentia}} Latin impotentia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} impotence (usually uncountable, plural impotences)
  1. Powerlessness; incapacity. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (powerlessness): бяссі́лле (bjassíllje) [neuter] (Belarusian), безсилие (bezsilie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), impotència [feminine] (Catalan), voimattomuus (Finnish), impuissance [feminine] (French), Machtlosigkeit [feminine] (German), नपुंसकता (napunsaktā) [feminine] (Hindi), नामर्दी (nāmardī) [feminine] (Hindi), не́моќ (némoḱ) [feminine] (Macedonian), бе́ссилност (béssilnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), бесси́лие (bessílie) [archaic, neuter] (Macedonian), impotencja [feminine] (Polish), bezsilność [feminine] (Polish), bezsiła [feminine] (Polish), impotência [feminine] (Portuguese), impotență (Romanian), lipsă de putere (Romanian), бесси́лие (bessílije) [neuter] (Russian), impotencia [feminine] (Spanish), безси́лля (bezsýllja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-impotence-en-noun-8xcFIVUo Disambiguation of 'powerlessness': 100 0
  2. Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (erectile dysfunction): عَنَانَة (ʕanāna) [feminine] (Arabic), عُنَّة (ʕunna) [feminine] (Arabic), իմպոտենցիա (impotencʻia) (Armenian), імпатэ́нцыя (impaténcyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), импотентност (impotentnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ပန်းသေရောဂါ (pan:serau:ga) (Burmese), impotència [feminine] (Catalan), impotence [feminine] (Czech), impotentie [feminine] (Dutch), impotenssi (Finnish), impuissance [feminine] (French), Impotenz [feminine] (German), Zeugungsunfähigkeit [feminine] (German), नपुंसकता (napunsaktā) [feminine] (Hindi), नामर्दी (nāmardī) [feminine] (Hindi), impotencia (Hungarian), impotensi (Indonesian), импоте́нција (impoténcija) [feminine] (Macedonian), impotens [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), impotens [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), impotencja [feminine] (Polish), niemoc płciowa [feminine] (Polish), impotență (Romanian), импоте́нция (impoténcija) [feminine] (Russian), полово́е бесси́лие (polovóje bessílije) [neuter] (Russian), маломо́чие (malomóčije) [neuter, rare] (Russian), импотѐнција [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), спо̑лна не̏мо̄ћ [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), по̑лна не̏мо̄ћ [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), impotèncija [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), spȏlna nȅmōć [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pȏlna nȅmōć [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), impotencia [feminine] (Spanish), impotens [common-gender] (Swedish), నపుంసకత్వము (napuṁsakatvamu) (Telugu), імпоте́нція (impoténcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: impotency Derived forms: monetary impotence Related terms: impotent

Inflected forms

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          "word": "عُنَّة"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sh",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
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          "roman": "napuṁsakatvamu",
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            "feminine"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "némoḱ",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "не́моќ"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "béssilnost",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "impotencja"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bezsiła"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "word": "impotență"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "word": "lipsă de putere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bessílije",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "бесси́лие"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezsýllja",
      "sense": "powerlessness",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "безси́лля"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʕanāna",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "عَنَانَة"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕunna",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "عُنَّة"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "impotencʻia",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "իմպոտենցիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "impaténcyja",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "імпатэ́нцыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "impotentnost",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "импотентност"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "pan:serau:ga",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "ပန်းသေရောဂါ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impotència"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impotence"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impotentie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "impotenssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impuissance"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Impotenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeugungsunfähigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "napunsaktā",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "नपुंसकता"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nāmardī",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "नामर्दी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "impotencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "impotensi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "impoténcija",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "импоте́нција"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impotens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impotens"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impotencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niemoc płciowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "impotență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "impoténcija",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "импоте́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polovóje bessílije",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "полово́е бесси́лие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "malomóčije",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "маломо́чие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "импотѐнција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спо̑лна не̏мо̄ћ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "по̑лна не̏мо̄ћ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "impotèncija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "spȏlna nȅmōć"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pȏlna nȅmōć"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impotencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "impotens"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "napuṁsakatvamu",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "word": "నపుంసకత్వము"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "impoténcija",
      "sense": "erectile dysfunction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "імпоте́нція"
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  "word": "impotence"
}

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