impotence

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.

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impotence (usually uncountable, plural impotences)

  1. Powerlessness; incapacity.
  2. Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.
    Hyponyms: impotentia coeundi, impotentia generandi

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin impotentia.

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impotence f

  1. impotence (inability to copulate or beget children)

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Further reading

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

French

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impotence f (plural impotences)

  1. powerlessness

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