impotence
/ˈɪmpətəns/
impotence noun: powerlessness; incapacity.
Noun
impotence (usually uncountable, plural impotences)
- Powerlessness; incapacity.
- Near-synonyms: weakness, helplessness
- O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 12, line 52
- Synonyms:
- weakness, helplessness
- Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.
impotence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
impotence in Hindi
- powerlessness
- नपुंसकता napunsaktā, नामर्दी nāmardī
- erectile dysfunction
- नपुंसकता napunsaktā, नामर्दी nāmardī
impotence in Tamil
- ஆண்மையின்மை, ஆண்மைக் கோளாறு, இனப்பெருக்கத் திறனற்ற நிலை, வலுவின்மை
impotence in Urdu
- erectile dysfunction
- نامردی nāmardī
impotence in Bengali
- impotence
- অক্ষমতা ôkkhômôta
More languagesFewer languages
- impotence in Telugu
- నపుంసకత్వము napuṁsakatvamu
- impotence in Punjabi
- ਨਾਮਰਦੀ nāmradī
- impotence in Sanskrit
- क्लैब्य klaibya
- impotence in Arabic
- عَنَانَة ʕanāna, عُنَّة ʕunna
- impotence in Indonesian
- impotensi
- impotence in Myanmar
- ပန်းသေရောဂါ pan:serau:ga
Examples of impotence in a sentence
- Behn had always associated the bourgeois with age, impotence, miserliness and dreary unflamboyance.
- But soon H., in his turn, came for help with complete impotence.
- Shall we follow Frederic Harrison, making an inadequate divinity out of our impotence?
Synonyms of impotence
Forms of impotence
| plural | impotences |
|---|---|
| alternative form | impotency |
Origin of impotence
From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.
Words formed from impotence
Questions about impotence
- What does impotence mean?
- Impotence means powerlessness; incapacity.
- What is impotence in Hindi?
- Impotence in Hindi is नपुंसकता (napunsaktā), नामर्दी (nāmardī). See Impotence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impotence?
- Impotence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce impotence?
- Impotence is pronounced /ˈɪmpətəns/.
- What is the plural of impotence?
- The plural of impotence is impotences.
Words near impotence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impotence (page history and authors); impotence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্ষমতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਨਾਮਰਦੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); क्लैब्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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