impedimentum

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impedimentum.

Noun

impedimentum m (plural impedimenta)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) impediment, hindrance
  2. (chiefly in the plural) impedimentum (large and cumbersome luggage)
    Synonym: impédiment
    Hypernym: bagage

Further reading

Latin

FWOTD – 17 June 2023

Etymology

From impedio + -mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

impedīmentum n (genitive impedīmentī); second declension

  1. impediment, hindrance
    Synonyms: obstāculum, mora
  2. (usually in the plural) luggage, equipage
    Synonyms: sarcina, vasum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative impedīmentum impedīmenta
Genitive impedīmentī impedīmentōrum
Dative impedīmentō impedīmentīs
Accusative impedīmentum impedīmenta
Ablative impedīmentō impedīmentīs
Vocative impedīmentum impedīmenta

Descendants

Inherited:

  • Old French: *empedement (only attested once in the IXth Century in the plural under the form empedementz)
  • Italian: impedimento
  • Piedmontese: impediment

Borrowed:

References

  • impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • impedimentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impedimentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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