"impasse" meaning in French

See impasse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃.pas/, /ɛ̃.pɑs/ Audio: Fr-impasse.ogg [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-impasse.wav [Canada] (note: Shawinigan), LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-impasse.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-impasse.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-impasse.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-impasse.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: impasses [plural]
Etymology: From im- + passe. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|in-<alt:im->|passe}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "in-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "passe", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "impasse", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="impasse">, {{af|fr|in-|passe|alt1=im-}} im- + passe Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} impasse f (plural impasses)
  1. stalemate, impasse (situation in which no progress can be made; not used in the chess sense of stalemate) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-impasse-fr-noun-5nAkWXKM Categories (other): French terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 61 39
  2. dead-end; cul-de-sac (street) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-impasse-fr-noun-S4RyPY2p Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, French entries referencing missing etymons, French entries with incorrect language header, Roads Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 38 4 5 14 4 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 2 3 16 2 35 Disambiguation of French entries referencing missing etymons: 21 79 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Roads: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faire l'impasse

Inflected forms

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