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Impotence

IM'POTENCE

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Definition 2025

impotence

impotence

English

Alternative forms

impotency

Noun

impotence ‎(usually uncountable, plural impotences)

Powerlessness.
- John Milton
  O, impotence of mind in body strong!
Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.

Related terms

impotent

Translations

powerlessness

Finnish: voimattomuus (fi)
French: impuissance (fr)
German: Machtlosigkeit (de) f
Polish: impotencja (pl) f

Portuguese: impotência (pt) f
Romanian: impotență (ro), lipsă de putere
Spanish: impotencia f

erectile dysfunction

Armenian: իմպոտենցիա ‎(impotencʿia)
Finnish: impotenssi (fi)
French: impuissance (fr)
German: Impotenz (de) f

Polish: impotencja (pl) f
Romanian: impotență (ro)
Russian: импоте́нция (ru) ‎(impoténcija)
Spanish: impotencia f
Turkish: ^{(please verify)}iktidarsızlık (tr)

French

Noun

impotence f ‎(plural impotences)

powerlessness