impotent
English
Etymology
From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪm.pə.tənt/, /ˈɪm.pə.tɪnt/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
impotent (comparative more impotent, superlative most impotent)
- lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
- Synonyms: feeble, puny, weak
- lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
- 1984, Freeman J. Dyson, Weapons and Hope
- Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent
- Synonyms: helpless, powerless
- 1984, Freeman J. Dyson, Weapons and Hope
- incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi
- (of a male) sterile
- (obsolete) lacking self-restraint
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, OCLC 863244003, page 444:
- Then, impotent of tongue (her ſilence broke) / Thus turbulent in rattling tone ſhe ſpoke.
- Synonym: incontinent
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Antonyms
- potent
Related terms
- impotence
Translations
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Noun
impotent (plural impotents)
- a man who has erectile dysfunction
- Synonym: wet noodle
- Antonym: priapist
- an impotent or powerless person
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impotentem.
Pronunciation
(Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /im.poˈtent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.puˈten/
Adjective
impotent (masculine and feminine plural impotents)
- (medicine) impotent
- impotent, powerless, helpless
Further reading
- “impotent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pɔ.tɑ̃/
- Homophone: impotents
Adjective
impotent (feminine impotente, masculine plural impotents, feminine plural impotentes)
- infirm, disabled
- impotent
Further reading
- “impotent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪmpotɛnt/
Audio (file)
Adjective
impotent (strong nominative masculine singular impotenter, comparative impotenter, superlative am impotentesten)
- impotent
- Antonym: potent
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist impotent | sie ist impotent | es ist impotent | sie sind impotent | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | impotenter | impotente | impotentes | impotente |
genitive | impotenten | impotenter | impotenten | impotenter | |
dative | impotentem | impotenter | impotentem | impotenten | |
accusative | impotenten | impotente | impotentes | impotente | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der impotente | die impotente | das impotente | die impotenten |
genitive | des impotenten | der impotenten | des impotenten | der impotenten | |
dative | dem impotenten | der impotenten | dem impotenten | den impotenten | |
accusative | den impotenten | die impotente | das impotente | die impotenten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein impotenter | eine impotente | ein impotentes | (keine) impotenten |
genitive | eines impotenten | einer impotenten | eines impotenten | (keiner) impotenten | |
dative | einem impotenten | einer impotenten | einem impotenten | (keinen) impotenten | |
accusative | einen impotenten | eine impotente | ein impotentes | (keine) impotenten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist impotenter | sie ist impotenter | es ist impotenter | sie sind impotenter | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | impotenterer | impotentere | impotenteres | impotentere |
genitive | impotenteren | impotenterer | impotenteren | impotenterer | |
dative | impotenterem | impotenterer | impotenterem | impotenteren | |
accusative | impotenteren | impotentere | impotenteres | impotentere | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der impotentere | die impotentere | das impotentere | die impotenteren |
genitive | des impotenteren | der impotenteren | des impotenteren | der impotenteren | |
dative | dem impotenteren | der impotenteren | dem impotenteren | den impotenteren | |
accusative | den impotenteren | die impotentere | das impotentere | die impotenteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein impotenterer | eine impotentere | ein impotenteres | (keine) impotenteren |
genitive | eines impotenteren | einer impotenteren | eines impotenteren | (keiner) impotenteren | |
dative | einem impotenteren | einer impotenteren | einem impotenteren | (keinen) impotenteren | |
accusative | einen impotenteren | eine impotentere | ein impotenteres | (keine) impotenteren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am impotentesten | sie ist am impotentesten | es ist am impotentesten | sie sind am impotentesten | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | impotentester | impotenteste | impotentestes | impotenteste |
genitive | impotentesten | impotentester | impotentesten | impotentester | |
dative | impotentestem | impotentester | impotentestem | impotentesten | |
accusative | impotentesten | impotenteste | impotentestes | impotenteste | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der impotenteste | die impotenteste | das impotenteste | die impotentesten |
genitive | des impotentesten | der impotentesten | des impotentesten | der impotentesten | |
dative | dem impotentesten | der impotentesten | dem impotentesten | den impotentesten | |
accusative | den impotentesten | die impotenteste | das impotenteste | die impotentesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein impotentester | eine impotenteste | ein impotentestes | (keine) impotentesten |
genitive | eines impotentesten | einer impotentesten | eines impotentesten | (keiner) impotentesten | |
dative | einem impotentesten | einer impotentesten | einem impotentesten | (keinen) impotentesten | |
accusative | einen impotentesten | eine impotenteste | ein impotentestes | (keine) impotentesten |
Further reading
- “impotent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “impotent” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Middle French
Adjective
impotent m (feminine singular impotente, masculine plural impotens, feminine plural impotentes)
- impotent (incapable of sexual intercourse)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impotēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈpɔ.tɛnt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔtɛnt
- Syllabification: im‧po‧tent
Noun
impotent m pers
- (pathology) impotent (man who has erectile dysfunction)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | impotent | impotenci |
genitive | impotenta | impotentów |
dative | impotentowi | impotentom |
accusative | impotenta | impotentów |
instrumental | impotentem | impotentami |
locative | impotencie | impotentach |
vocative | impotencie | impotenci |
Related terms
- impotencja
Further reading
- impotent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- impotent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French impotent, from Latin impotens.
Adjective
impotent m or n (feminine singular impotentă, masculine plural impotenți, feminine and neuter plural impotente)
- impotent
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | impotent | impotentă | impotenți | impotente | ||
definite | impotentul | impotenta | impotenții | impotentele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | impotent | impotente | impotenți | impotente | ||
definite | impotentului | impotentei | impotenților | impotentelor |
Further reading
- impotent in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)