impudent

impudent

English

Etymology

From Middle French impudent, from Latin impudēns (“shameless”), ultimately from in- +‎ pudere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpjədənt/

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Adjective

impudent (comparative more impudent, superlative most impudent)

1. Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced.

   The impudent children would not stop talking in class.

Synonyms

• bold
• brazen-faced
• impertinent
• See also Thesaurus:cheeky

Derived terms

• impudently

Related terms

• impudence

Translations

not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced

Belarusian: наха́бны (naxábny), зухва́льскі (zuxválʹski), дзёрзкі (dzjórzki) Bulgarian: дъ́рзък (bg) (dǎ́rzǎk), наха́лен (bg) (nahálen), безочли́в (bg) (bezočlív), на́гъл (bg) (nágǎl) Catalan: impudent (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 放肆 (zh) (fàngsì) Crimean Tatar: arsız Czech: drzý (cs), nestydatý, nestoudný (cs) Danish: næsvis Dutch: brutaal (nl) Esperanto: aroganta, senhonta Finnish: röyhkeä (fi), häpeämätön (fi), hävytön (fi), julkea (fi) French: impudent (fr), impertinent (fr) Georgian: უპატივცემულო (uṗaṭivcemulo), თავხედი (ka) (tavxedi), უტიფარი (uṭipari), ურცხვი (urcxvi) German: frech (de), respektlos (de), schamlos (de), impertinent (de), dreist (de), unverfroren (de), unverschämt (de) Greek: θρασύς (el) (thrasýs) Hungarian: szemtelen (hu), pimasz (hu), arcátlan (hu) Indonesian: lancang (id), kurang ajar (id) Irish: aisfhreagrach, anbhal, athchainteach, dailtíneach, deiliúsach, gíománta, neamhshotalach, ogmartha, seiceallach, smuilcíneach, soibealta, sotalach, streabhógach Italian: impertinente (it), sfrontato (it), impudente (it) Latin: procax, impudens Limburgish: vrech (li) Macedonian: др́зок (dŕzok), на́хален (náhalen) Maori: tahataha Persian: گستاخ‎ (fa) (gostâx), بی‌ادب‎ (fa) (bi-adab) Plautdietsch: onheeflich, onveschämt Polish: bezczelny (pl), arogancki (pl), bezwstydny (pl), hucpiarski, impertynencki (pl), rozpanoszony, rozzuchwalony, tupeciarski, zuchwały (pl) Portuguese: impudente, insolente (pt), descarado (pt) Russian: де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij), наха́льный (ru) (naxálʹnyj), на́глый (ru) (náglyj) Slovak: drzý, bezočivý Spanish: insolente (es), descarado (es), fresco (es) (colloquial), impertinente (es) Swedish: näsvis (sv), oförskämd (sv) Tagalog: dansay Thai: ทะลึ่ง (th) (tá-lʉ̂ng), อาจเอื้อม (th) (àat-ʉ̂ʉam), หยาบคาย (th) (yàap-kaai) Turkish: arsız (tr) Ukrainian: наха́бний m (naxábnyj), зухва́лий m (zuxvályj), зухва́льний m (zuxválʹnyj), безсоромний (uk) m (bezsoromnyj)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin impudēns.

Adjective

impudent (masculine and feminine plural impudents)

1. impudent

Derived terms

• impudentment

Related terms

• impudència

Further reading

• “impudent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “impudent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “impudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “impudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impudēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃/

Adjective

impudent (feminine impudente, masculine plural impudents, feminine plural impudentes)

1. impudent

Related terms

• impudence

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impudēns.

Adjective

impudent m (feminine singular impudente, masculine plural impudens, feminine plural impudentes)

1. impudent