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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impedimentum.
Noun
impedimentum m (plural impedimenta)
- (chiefly in the plural) impediment, hindrance
- (chiefly in the plural) impedimentum (large and cumbersome luggage)
- Synonym: impédiment
- Hypernym: bagage
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From impedio + -mentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
impedīmentum n (genitive impedīmentī); second declension
- impediment, hindrance
- Synonyms: obstāculum, mora
- (usually in the plural) luggage, equipage
- Synonyms: sarcina, vasum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
References
- “impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impedimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.