impertinent
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/
impertinent is spelled I-M-P-E-R-T-I-N-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impertinent is a French adjective meaning “insolent, ill-mannered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a rien de commun avec la chose dont il s’agit”.
What does impertinent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
insolent, ill-mannered
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’a rien de commun avec la chose dont il s’agit. 2. Qui parle ou qui agit soit avec hauteur et mépris, soit avec familiarité et irrespect.
noun: 1. Personne qui montre un comportement impertinent.
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 impertinent
- impertinente feminine
- impertinents masculine plural
- impertinentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impertinent?
- /ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃\
- [ɛ̃.pɛʁ.ti.nɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impertinent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impertinent in French?
impertinent 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).