impatience

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- +‎ patience. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/ Hyphenation: im‧pa‧tience === Noun === impatience (countable and uncountable, plural impatiences) The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something. Synonym: haste Antonym: patience ==== Derived terms ==== inheritance impatience ==== Related terms ==== impassivity ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French impacience, from Latin impatientia. Morphologically analyzable as impatient +‎ -ence. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃s/ === Noun === impatience f (plural impatiences) impatience (the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something) Antonym: patience ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “impatience”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === impacience === Etymology === Inherited from Old French impacience, from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- +‎ patience. === Noun === impatience f (uncountable) impatience (the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something) Antonym: patience == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English impacience, from Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. By surface analysis, im- +‎ patience. === Noun === impatience (uncountable) impatience (the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something) Antonym: patience