impatienter

French

Etymology

From impatient + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃.te/
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Verb

impatienter

  1. (transitive) to make, become impatient
  2. (reflexive) to be losing patience, to get restless
    Synonym: perdre patience

Conjugation

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

in- (un-) + patienter (suffering, patient) or impatiēns (impatient) + -ter

Pronunciation

Adverb

impatienter (comparative impatientius, superlative impatientissimē)

  1. with impatience, impatiently

References

  • impatienter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • impatienter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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