impotence
French, noun/ɛ̃.pɔ.tɑ̃s/
impotence is spelled I-M-P-O-T-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impotence is a French feminine noun meaning “powerlessness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “État de celui qui est impotent”.
What does impotence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepowerlessness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. État de celui qui est impotent.
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 impotence
- impotences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impotence?
- /ɛ̃.pɔ.tɑ̃s/
- \ɛ̃.pɔ.tɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is impotence in French?
impotence appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).