Dictionary

impertinence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ɪmˈpɝt.nəns/ (US, rare)
• /ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nəns/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impertinence, from impertinent (“impertinent”); by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
2. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
   • "Enough, sir! " he thundered with barely restrained fury. "Enough, I say! Once and for all I must endeavour to rid myself of you and your impertinence. 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter VI, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/VI):
3. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
4. (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.
   • The musical has always had a lightness of touch, an impertinence that resembles gay humor. 1984 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Cats: Straight and Boring”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 17:
   • "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." 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 198–199:

Forms

Translations (61)

de Unwichtigkeit (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · ga brusaireacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · es exabrupto (An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent) · nl brutaliteit (An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent) · ru неуместность (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · ga plucaireacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · ga dosaireacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · nl ongeschiktheid (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · pl bezwstydność (insolence) · ga cocaireacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · cy amherthnasoldeb (An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent) · nl irrelevantie (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · nl ongepastheid (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · bg неуместност (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · es impertinencia (An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent) · de Unverschämtheit (insolence) · ga teallaireacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · el αμετροέπεια (insolence) · pl hucpiarstwo (insolence) · el απρέπεια (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · fa بی قرار (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · es salida de tono (An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent) · de Unverfrorenheit (insolence) · de Unbedeutsamkeit (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · de Unmaßgeblichkeit (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · pl bezczelność (insolence) · ga dradaireacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · de Irrelevanz (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · pl zuchwałość (insolence) · ga tagracht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · pl impertynenckość (insolence) · de Belanglosigkeit (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · nl onbeschaamdheid (insolence) · pl zuchwalstwo (insolence) · ro impertinență (An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent) · ro irelevanță (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · ga táthaireacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · cy amhriodoldeb (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · ota پیشانی (insolence) · ga smuigíneacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · pl impertynencja (insolence) · de Ungehörigkeit (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · de Unbedeutendheit (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · cy amherthnasoldeb (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · bg нахалство (insolence) · da uforskammethed (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · cy digywilydd-dra (insolence) · fa بی قراری (An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent) · ga pastaireacht (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · pl arogancja (insolence) · es impertinencia (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · pt impertinência (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · cy cam-drefn (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · cy hyfdra (insolence) · de Unerheblichkeit (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · cy amherthnasedd (Lack of pertinence; irrelevance) · de Unangebrachtheit (The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness) · la impertinentia (insolence) · de Ungehörigkeit (insolence) · bg наглост (insolence) · nl brutaliteit (insolence)