impotence
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
impotence (usually uncountable, plural impotences)
- Powerlessness; incapacity.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 12, line 52:
- O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!
- Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.
- Hyponyms: impotentia coeundi, impotentia generandi
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Translations[edit]
powerlessness
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erectile dysfunction
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Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin impotentia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
impotence f
- impotence (inability to copulate or beget children)
Declension[edit]
Declension of impotence (soft feminine)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | impotence | impotence |
genitive | impotence | impotencí |
dative | impotenci | impotencím |
accusative | impotenci | impotence |
vocative | impotence | impotence |
locative | impotenci | impotencích |
instrumental | impotencí | impotencemi |
Related terms[edit]
- See potence
Further reading[edit]
- impotence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- impotence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
impotence f (plural impotences)
Further reading[edit]
- “impotence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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