imminence

imminence

English

Etymology

From Late Latin imminentia.

Noun

imminence (usually uncountable, plural imminences)

1. The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.

Translations

state or condition of being imminent

Bulgarian: приближаване (bg) n (približavane), близост (bg) f (blizost) Catalan: imminència f French: imminence (fr) f Norwegian: Bokmål: forestående nærhet Scottish Gaelic: impis f Spanish: inminencia (es) f Swedish: förestående (sv)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imminentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mi.nɑ̃s/

Noun

imminence f (plural imminences)

1. imminence

Related terms

• imminent
  • imminemment

Further reading

• “imminence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.