inconvenient

See also: inconvénient

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.

Adjective

inconvenient (comparative more inconvenient, superlative most inconvenient)

  1. not convenient
    Antonym: convenient

Translations

Noun

inconvenient (plural inconvenients)

  1. (obsolete) An inconsistency, an incongruity.
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 14, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes [], book II, London: [] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [], →OCLC:
      To provide against this inconvenient, when the Stoikes were demanded whence the election of two indifferent things commeth into our soule [] they answer, that this motion of the soule is extraorainarie and irregular comming into us by a strange, accidentall and casuall impulsion.
  2. (obsolete) An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inconvenientem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [iŋ.kum.bə.niˈen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [iŋ.koɱ.və.niˈent]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [iŋ.koɱ.ve.niˈent]

Adjective

inconvenient m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconvenients)

  1. inconvenient
    Antonym: convenient

Derived terms

Noun

inconvenient m (plural inconvenients)

  1. downside, disadvantage

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inconveniens, inconvenientem.

Noun

inconvenient m (plural inconveniens)

  1. disadvantage; downside; negative aspect

Descendants

  • English: inconvenient
  • French: inconvénient

See also

  • desadvantage

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inconvénient, from Latin inconveniens.

Noun

inconvenient n (plural inconveniente)

  1. inconvenience

Declension

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