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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesimpatience
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃s
"Elle attendait le résultat avec impatience."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The tendency to be easily annoyed by someone's mistakes or because you have to wait.
"He tapped his foot with impatience as he waited for the train."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin impatientia, from impatient- 'not patient', from in- 'not' + patient- 'suffering, enduring' (from the verb pati).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "impatience" is said worldwide
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impatience
Transliteration: ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃s
"Elle attendait le résultat avec impatience."
Ungeduld
Transliteration: ˈʊŋɡəˌdʊlt
"Er konnte seine Ungeduld kaum verbergen."
impazienza
Transliteration: impaˈtsjɛntsa
"Mostrò grande impazienza durante la riunione."
impaciencia
Transliteration: impaˈsjensja
"La impaciencia del público iba en aumento."
impaciência
Transliteration: ĩ.pa.siˈẽ.sjɐ
"Ele demonstrou muita impaciência com o atraso."
अधैर्य
Transliteration: adhairya
"उसकी बातों में अधैर्य साफ़ झलक रहा था।"
急躁
Transliteration: jízào
"他表现出明显的急躁情绪。"
조급함
Transliteration: jogeopham
"그는 조급함을 감추지 못했다."
焦燥
Transliteration: shōsō
"彼女は焦燥感を募らせていた。"
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