impertinent

English

Etymology

From Old French impertinent.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪm.ˈpɝ.tɨ.nənt/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

impertinent (comparative more impertinent, superlative most impertinent)

  1. insolent, ill-mannered
    • Tillotson
      things that are impertinent to us
    • Jeremy Taylor
      How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
  2. irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)

Usage notes

  • Although historically, definition 2 was the original meaning (derived from the French below), the meaning gradually changed to definition 1. More recently general usage has come to once again incorporate definition 2. Many older speakers will consider definition 2 incorrect. The construction "not pertinent" is one possible alternative.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:cheeky

Translations

Noun

impertinent (plural impertinents)

  1. An impertinent individual.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

impertinent (comparative impertinenter, superlative impertinentst)

  1. insolent, ill-mannered

Inflection

Inflection of impertinent
uninflected impertinent
inflected impertinente
comparative impertinenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial impertinent impertinenter het impertinentst
het impertinentste
indefinite m./f. sing. impertinente impertinentere impertinentste
n. sing. impertinent impertinenter impertinentste
plural impertinente impertinentere impertinentste
definite impertinente impertinentere impertinentste
partitive impertinents impertinenters —

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Adjective

impertinent (feminine singular impertinente, masculine plural impertinents, feminine plural impertinentes)

  1. insolent, ill-mannered

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

impertinent (comparative impertinenter, superlative am impertinentesten)

  1. insolent, ill-mannered

Declension

Comparative forms of impertinent
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist impertinenter sie ist impertinenter es ist impertinenter sie sind impertinenter
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative impertinenterer impertinentere impertinenteres impertinentere
genitive impertinenteren impertinenterer impertinenteren impertinenterer
dative impertinenterem impertinenterer impertinenterem impertinenteren
accusative impertinenteren impertinentere impertinenteres impertinentere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der impertinentere die impertinentere das impertinentere die impertinenteren
genitive des impertinenteren der impertinenteren des impertinenteren der impertinenteren
dative dem impertinenteren der impertinenteren dem impertinenteren den impertinenteren
accusative den impertinenteren die impertinentere das impertinentere die impertinenteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein impertinenterer eine impertinentere ein impertinenteres (keine) impertinenteren
genitive eines impertinenteren einer impertinenteren eines impertinenteren (keiner) impertinenteren
dative einem impertinenteren einer impertinenteren einem impertinenteren (keinen) impertinenteren
accusative einen impertinenteren eine impertinentere ein impertinenteres (keine) impertinenteren

Further reading

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