impotence

• impotency

From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpətəns/

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impotence (usually uncountable, plural impotences)

1. Powerlessness; incapacity.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 12, line 52:

     O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!

2. Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.

   Hyponyms: impotentia coeundi, impotentia generandi

• monetary impotence

• impotent

Borrowed from Latin impotentia.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪmpotɛnt͡sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛntsɛ

impotence f

1. impotence (inability to copulate or beget children)

• See potence

• impotence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• impotence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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impotence f (plural impotences)

1. powerlessness

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