impatient

== English == === Alternative forms === inpatient === Etymology === From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impatiēns. By surface analysis, im- +‎ patient. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ Hyphenation: im‧pa‧tient === Adjective === impatient (comparative more impatient, superlative most impatient) Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays. Anxious and eager, especially to begin or have something. (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin impatientem. Morphologically analyzable as im- +‎ patient. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃/ === Adjective === impatient (feminine impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes) impatient === Noun === impatient m (plural impatients, feminine impatiente) impatient person ==== Derived terms ==== impatience impatienter === Further reading === “impatient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012