impotence

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

impotence (usually uncountable, plural impotences)

  1. Powerlessness; incapacity.
  2. Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.
    Hyponyms: impotentia coeundi, impotentia generandi

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impotentia.

Pronunciation

Noun

impotence f

  1. impotence (inability to copulate or beget children)

Declension

Declension of impotence (soft feminine)
singular plural
nominative impotence impotence
genitive impotence impotencí
dative impotenci impotencím
accusative impotenci impotence
vocative impotence impotence
locative impotenci impotencích
instrumental impotencí impotencemi

Further reading

  • “impotence”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “impotence”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

Noun

impotence f (plural impotences)

  1. powerlessness

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