"impuissant" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /ɛ̃.pɥi.sɑ̃/ Forms: impuissante [feminine], impuissants [masculine, plural], impuissantes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From im- + puissant. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|in-|puissant|alt1=im-}} im- + puissant Head templates: {{fr-adj}} impuissant (feminine impuissante, masculine plural impuissants, feminine plural impuissantes)
  1. impotent, powerless
    Sense id: en-impuissant-fr-adj-~S88Sul1 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 53 47

Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃.pɥi.sɑ̃/ Forms: impuissants [plural]
Etymology: From im- + puissant. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|in-|puissant|alt1=im-}} im- + puissant Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} impuissant m (plural impuissants)
  1. an impotent man Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-impuissant-fr-noun-7WMLLA-g Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 53 47

Inflected forms

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