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See also: inconvénient

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.

Adjective

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inconvenient (comparative more inconvenient, superlative most inconvenient)

  1. not convenient
    Antonym: convenient

Translations

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Noun

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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.
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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin inconvenientem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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inconvenient m or f (masculine and feminine plural inconvenients)

  1. inconvenient
    Antonym: convenient

Derived terms

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Noun

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inconvenient m (plural inconvenients)

  1. downside, disadvantage
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Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin inconveniens, inconvenientem.

Noun

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inconvenient m (plural inconveniens)

  1. disadvantage; downside; negative aspect

Descendants

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  • English: inconvenient
  • French: inconvénient

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French inconvénient, from Latin inconveniens.

Noun

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inconvenient n (plural inconveniente)

  1. inconvenience

Declension

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