impatience

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English

Etymology

From Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- +‎ patience.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/
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  • Hyphenation: im‧pa‧tience

Noun

impatience (countable and uncountable, plural impatiences)

  1. The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French impacience, from Latin impatientia. Morphologically analyzable as impatient +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

Noun

impatience f (plural impatiences)

  1. impatience
    Antonym: patience

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