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
    • Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 10:
      Duabus Agendici legionibus atque impedimentis totius exer citus (exercitus) relictis ad Boios proficiscitur
      having left two legions and the luggage of the entire army in Agendicum, he departures to the Boii

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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