impertinent

English

Etymology

From Old French impertinent.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpɝ.tɨ.nənt/
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Adjective

impertinent (comparative more impertinent, superlative most impertinent)

  1. insolent, ill-mannered
    • Tillotson
      things that are impertinent to us
    • Jeremy Taylor
      How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
  2. irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)

Usage notes

  • Although historically, definition 2 was the original meaning (derived from the French below), the meaning gradually changed to definition 1. More recently general usage has come to once again incorporate definition 2. Many older speakers will consider definition 2 incorrect. The construction "not pertinent" is one possible alternative.

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

impertinent (plural impertinents)

  1. An impertinent individual.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

impertinent (comparative impertinenter, superlative impertinentst)

  1. insolent, ill-mannered

Inflection

Inflection of impertinent
uninflected impertinent
inflected impertinente
comparative impertinenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial impertinentimpertinenterhet impertinentst
het impertinentste
indefinite m./f. sing. impertinenteimpertinentereimpertinentste
n. sing. impertinentimpertinenterimpertinentste
plural impertinenteimpertinentereimpertinentste
definite impertinenteimpertinentereimpertinentste
partitive impertinentsimpertinenters

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/
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Adjective

impertinent (feminine singular impertinente, masculine plural impertinents, feminine plural impertinentes)

  1. insolent, ill-mannered

Further reading


German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

impertinent (comparative impertinenter, superlative am impertinentesten)

  1. insolent, ill-mannered

Declension

Further reading

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