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impatient

/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃənt/im-PAY-shuhnt
/ˌɪmˈpeɪʃənt/im-PAY-shuhnt

Meaningnot enduring

Common meaning: unable to wait calmly

Journey through time

  1. Frenchimpatientsource
  2. Middle Englishimpatientsource
  3. Englishimpatient‘unable to wait calmly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on French impatient ‘not enduring’.

Roots

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