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10 Language-to-English DictionariesImpatient
/ɪmˈpeɪ.ʃənt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Restless or eager; easily annoyed by someone's mistakes or because you have to wait.
"He was impatient for the game to start."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'impatientem', formed from the prefix 'im-' (meaning 'not') combined with 'patientem' (meaning 'enduring' or 'suffering'). Entering the English language during Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, it originally referred to an inability to bear suffering or hardship before shifting to denote restlessness and intolerance of delay.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Impatient" is said worldwide
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impatient
Transliteration: impatient
"Elle est impatiente de voir ses amis."
ungeduldig
Transliteration: ungeduldig
"Die Kinder waren sehr ungeduldig."
impaziente
Transliteration: impaziente
"Non essere così impaziente!"
impaciente
Transliteration: impaciente
"Estaba impaciente por recibir una respuesta."
impaciente
Transliteration: impaciente
"Ele é muito impaciente no trânsito."
अधैर्य
Transliteration: adhairya
"वह परिणाम के लिए अधैर्य था।"
急躁
Transliteration: jízào
"请不要对结果感到急躁。"
성급한
Transliteration: seong-geup-han
"그는 성급하게 결정을 내렸다."
せっかち
Transliteration: sekkachi
"彼は待つのが嫌いで、とてもせっかちだ。"
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