impertinence
French, noun/ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s/
impertinence is spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-C-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impertinence is a French feminine noun meaning “impertinence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière irrespectueuse de parler et d’agir”.
What does impertinence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineimpertinence
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière irrespectueuse de parler et d’agir. 2. Manière de parler et d’agir contre les bienséances. 3. Ce qui n’a rien de commun avec la chose dont il s’agit ; caractère de ce qui n'est pas pertinent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impertinence
- impertinences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impertinence?
- /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃s\
- [ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃ɬ͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is impertinence in French?
impertinence appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).