← All words
noun, feminine

impatience

/ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃s/plural: impatiences

impatience (the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something)

Antonyms: patience

Inherited from Old French impacience, from Latin impatientia. Morphologically analyzable as impatient + -ence.