impatience in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for impatience in the English»French Dictionary

impatience [Brit ɪmˈpeɪʃns, Am ˌɪmˈpeɪʃəns] N

1. impatience (irritation):

impatience

agacement m (with à l'égard de, at devant)

my worst fault is impatience

mon plus grand défaut est mon manque de patience

2. impatience (eagerness):

impatience

impatience f (to do de faire)

impatience for sth

désir m impatient de qc

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to be fuming with anger/with impatience

bouillonner de colère/d'impatience

I detected a note of impatience in her voice

j'ai perçu une note d'impatience dans sa voix

to seethe with rage/impatience person:

bouillir de colère/d'impatience

keep in emotions, anger, impatience

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Translations for impatience in the French»English Dictionary

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impatience

impatience

montrer des signes d'impatience

to show signs of impatience

piétiner d'impatience

to seethe with impatience

avoir des frétillements d'impatience

to be quivering with impatience

frétiller d'aise/d'impatience

to be quivering with pleasure/impatience

piétiner d'impatience/de rage

to hop up and down with impatience/with fury

se tortiller d'impatience sur sa chaise personne:

to be fidgeting with impatience on one's chair

impatience in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for impatience in the English»French Dictionary

impatience [ɪmˈpeɪʃns] N no pl

impatience

impatience f

Translations for impatience in the French»English Dictionary

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trépigner d'impatience

to stamp one's feet with impatience

impatience

impatience

piaffer sur place

to be mad with impatience

saliver d'impatience

to seethe with impatience

laisser qn saliver d'impatience

to leave sb dying of impatience

être frétillant d'impatience

to quiver with impatience

frétiller d'impatience

to quiver with impatience

n'avoir aucune patience

to be extremely impatience

frémir d'impatience/de colère

to seethe with impatience/anger

piétiner de colère [ou rage]/d'impatience

to stamp one's feet in anger/with impatience

impatience Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to stamp one's feet in anger/with impatience

piétiner de colère [ou rage]/d'impatience

to stamp one's feet with impatience

trépigner d'impatience

to leave sb dying of impatience

laisser qn saliver d'impatience

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The accident was caused by the narrowness of the road and the impatience of motorists.

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His impatience for rapid political advancement may account for his involvement in the conspiracy.

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The path of patience or the path of impatience.

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He began to exhibit his father's traits of impatience and intolerance, which would on occasion lead to errors of judgment.

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Wider impatience with market-managerial forms of organization occur commonly enough outside the business school, from anti-corporate protest to popular-media presentations of managers.

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His impatience mainly showed itself when the failings of others interfered with his work.

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This is a peremptory tag question that criticizes what the answerer perceives as the asker's impatience.

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However, his severe impatience may be an indicator that he received at least a minor amount of his genetic material.

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He was far less well liked among fellow senators, however, who found him quick-tempered and prone to impatience and even rage.

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On all subjects he spoke his mind, often, through whim or impatience, more than his mind, freely, without regard to consequences.

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