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Definitions: Impediment |
ImpedimentNoun1. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. 2. Any structure that makes progress difficult. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "impediment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: ImpedimentSynonyms: deterrent (n), handicap (n), hindrance (n), impedimenta (n), obstructer (n), obstruction (n), obstructor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hindrance | Impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil. |
Stammering | Noun: inarticulateness; stammering; Verb: hesitation; Verb: impediment in one's speech; titubancy, traulism; whisper; (faint sound); lisp, drawl, tardiloquence; nasal tone, nasal accent; twang; falsetto; (want of voice); broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Impediment |
| English words defined with "impediment": Diriment impediment ♦ facilitated, facilitative ♦ Impediment in speech, Impedimental ♦ Obstancy, Overslaugh ♦ Si quis, Stop watch, stumbling block ♦ To lie in the way ♦ unobstructed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "impediment": HONORABLE ♦ Private ♦ REACH ♦ Seagate Technology, standby face, steric impediment ♦ Vituperation. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "impediment": impedimenta. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Impediment" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (hindrance, impediment, rub). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | This is the last time I work with somebody with a speech impediment. (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price) Glory, we drop a piano on her. I mean, it always works for that spooky cartoon character when he beats that nice hunter with the speech impediment. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
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Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Emo Philips | I was driving down the highway, and I'm swerving all over, coz I'm trying to change the radio, and just as I get the old one taken out I hear this traffic cop behind me, "Whee-oo, whee-oo, whee-oo!" Well, I shouldn't make fun of his speech impediment. He asks me to walk in a straight line, so I do, then he asks me, "You call that a straight line?" Well, I should have said, I *should* have said, "Yes." But I was nervous and the only thing I could think of was "Well, Officer Pythagoras, the closest you'll ever come to a straight line is if they do an electroencephalagram of your own brainwave." |
Honore De Balzac | Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | No impediment shall be placed in the way of the introduction or employment in the mines and their accessories and subsidiaries of workmen from without the Basin. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | That the loss of your eyes would be no impediment to your bodily strength, by which you might still be useful to his Majesty. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | At present, the main impediment is currency fluctuation. (references) | |
Indonesia had previously maintained a complex and non-transparent import licensing system that was a significant impediment to trade. (references) | ||
For example, ISPs have all technical means for developing e-commerce projects, however the lack of legislative regulations creates a major impediment. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Antigua and Barbuda | A religious station broadcasts without impediment. (references) |
Honduras | Citizens enter and exit the country without arbitrary impediment, and the Government does not restrict travel within the country's borders. (references) | |
Economic History | Botswana | Neither law represents an impediment to investment. (references) |
Human Rights | Croatia | Backlogs in the judicial system were a further impediment to timely resolution of housing disputes. (references) |
Macau | The judiciary is relatively inexperienced (the first law school opened in the early 1990's), and the lack of locally trained lawyers is a serious impediment to preservation of an independent judiciary and the overall development of the legal system. (references) | |
Minorities | Croatia | A serious and ongoing impediment to the return and reintegration of ethnic Serb refugees is the failure of the Government to recognize or "convalidate" their legal and administrative documents from the period of the 1991-1995 conflict. (references) |
Political Economy | CZECH REPUBLIC | The need for an improved bankruptcy code remains an important structural impediment. (references) |
THAILAND | Tariffs: Thailand's high tariff structure remains a major impediment to market access in many sectors. (references) | |
NICARAGUA | Expropriations from the Sandinista era remain an impediment to investment, as land titling is often unclear. (references) | |
Political Rights | Romania | The percentage of women in government or politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population; no legal restrictions hinder the participation of women in government or politics, but societal attitudes are a significant impediment. (references) |
Trade | Burma | Poor infrastructure is a major impediment to distribution of goods and services. (references) |
Brazil | Also, there is no impediment for U.S. certification organizations to be established and accredited in Brazil. (references) | |
Women | India | Women experience economic discrimination in access to employment and credit, which acts as an impediment to women owning a business. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mauritania | In other cases, the greater economic responsibility of supporting a family may be the principal impediment to a woman seeking a new life. (references) |
Tunisia | The Tunisian General Federation of Labor (UGTT) is the country's only labor federation, but there is no legal impediment to forming another union. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide. This is a truth, as old as the hills, That life and experience teach: The poor man suffers that keenest of ills, An impediment of his reach. G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bill Maher | Yeah, which is so wrong. I appreciate the main thrust of his article, but like so many people who don't watch my show, they don't feel that that's an impediment to comment upon it. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The continuing holding of American hostages in Iran is both an affront to civilized people everywhere, and a serious impediment to meeting the self-evident threat to widely-shared common interests, including those of Iran. |
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| "Impediment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Impediment" is used about 115 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 115 | 30,138 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "impediment": Diriment impediment ♦ impediment in one's speech ♦ Impediment in speech ♦ impediment of speech ♦ speech impediment ♦ steric impediment. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "impediment": impediment-free. | |
Ending with "impediment": speech-impediment. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
speech impediment | 37 |
impediment | 7 |
impediment lisp speech | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "impediment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaan | belemmering (handicap, hindrance, obstacle). (various references) | |
Albanian | pengesë për lidhje martese, pengesë (balk, bar, barrier, baulk, block, boom, chock, clog, cramp, crash barrier, cumber, detention, difficulty, dike, disadvantage, drag, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, hold up, holdback, hurdle, interference, interruption, jamming, liability, manacle, mash, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, pullback, retardation, retardment, rub, setback, stay, stoppage, stumbling block, stumbling-stone, stunt, traverse, trip up), gardh (barrier, fence, hedge, hindrance, hurdle, obstacle, pale, rail, rails, ring fence, stockade), bllokim (block, blockage, blocking, deadlock, hold up, holding, jam, jam up, jamming, locking, logjam, obstruction, occlusion, overlap, strangulation). (various references) | |
Arabic | مانع شرعي, عائق (balk, bar, barrier, clog, deterrent, difficulty, disadvantage, drag, embarrassment, encumbrance, fencing, hamper, handicap, hindrance, inconvenience, interference, jam, liability, morass, obstruction, obstructive, restraint, setback, shackle, stick, stumbling block, stymie, tie, trammel, traverse), إعاقة (handicap, hindering, hindrance, interruption, obstruction, prevention, retardation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спънка (backset, balk, baulk, countercheck, cramp, difficulty, drawback, hindrance, hitch, hobble, interference, interruption, kink, liability, manacle, obstacle, preclusion, pull back, setback, shoal, stumbling block), пречка за стъпване в брак, пречка (bit, block, blockage, check, clog, cross, difficulty, disadvantage, disqualification, embarrassment, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, kibosh, let, liability, manacle, obstacle, preclusion, pull back, remora, rub, setback, spoke, stay, stop, stumbling-stone, traverse). (various references) | |
Chinese | 障礙 (barrier, hindrance, obstruction), 障碍 (Barrier, handicap, Hassel, hassle, hurdle, hurdles). (various references) | |
Czech | vada řeèi (speech defect), překážka (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, fence, hamper, hazard, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, jump, obstacle, obstruction, resistance, restriction, roadblock, rub, snag, trig). (various references) | |
Danish | strukturel hindring for vækst (structural impediment to growth). (various references) | |
Dutch | verstopping (blinding, blockage of the filter, blocking, bridging of hole, choking, clogging, constipation, formation plugging, fouling, obstruction, plugging), obstructie (obstruction), hinderpaal (handicap, obstacle), hindernis (baffle, baffle wall, handicap, obstacle, obstruction), belemmering (handicap, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction). (various references) | |
Esperanto | obstrukcio (obstruction), malhelpaĵo (handicap, obstacle). (various references) | |
Farsi | محظور (Embargo, Hitch, Obligation, Obstacle), مانع (Balk, Bar, Barricade, Brake, Crimp, Dike, Drawback, Embargo, Encumbrance, Handicap, Hedge, Hinder, Hindrance, Hitch, Hurdle, Let, Lock, Obstacle, Preventive, Repellent, Setback, Shackle, Snag, Stay), گیر (Embroglio, Fix, Gripe, Hitch, Impasse, Jamming, Obstacle, Scrape, Snag, Trap), عایق (Brake, Damper, Insulator, Pawl), اشکال (Difficulty, Disadvantage, Drawback, Handicap, Traverse), رادع . (various references) | |
Finnish | este (baffle piers, barrier, block, blocks, check, control blocks, fastener, fence, floor blocks, friction blocks, hindrance, hurdle, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, screen), avioeste. (various references) | |
French | obstacle, empêchement. (various references) | |
German | hindernis (baffle, baffle wall, balk, bar, barrier, check, fence, handicap, hazard, hindrance, hump, hurdle, jump, obstacle, obstruction, screen). (various references) | |
Greek | εμπόδιο (barrier, block, blocking, buffer, encumbrance, fastener, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hobbles, hurdle, obstacle, obstruction, obtrusion, stumbling block, trammel, trig). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מום (blemish, defect, deformity, disability, fault, maim, mutilation), מפריע (heckler, hindrance, interrupter, obstructive), מכשל" (hindrance, obstacle), מכשול (balk, bar, baulk, drawback, hindrance, hitch, obstacle, obstruction, pitfall, snag, stumbling block), מ יע" (balk, baulk, hindrance, obstacle, prevention, prophylaxis, refusal, stop). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gát (bar, barrage, dam, Digue, dike, dyke, hindrance, hurdle, hurdles, lasher, obstacle, pen, perineum, rampart, seal, shackle, stumbling-block, trammel, traverse), akadály (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, check, cumber, difficulty, drag, drawback, handicap, hang fire, hindrance, hitch, hobble, hurdle, leap, let, lion in the path, lion in the way, malfunction, objection, obstacle, obstruction, retardation, ring fence, snag, stumbling block, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, throw back, trammel, traverse). (various references) | |
Indonesian | rintangan (encumberrance, handicap, obstacle). (various references) | |
Italian | impedimento (check, clog, determent, drag, encumbrance, escapement, handicap, hindrance, hitch, holdback, obstacle, obstruction, preventative, prevention, stumbling block), ostacolo (balk, barrier, check, clog, difficulty, drag, drawback, fence, handicap, hindrance, hitch, holdback, hurdle, jump, obstacle, obstruction, screen, setback, snag, stumbling block, wattle). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 障害 (damage, obstacle), 沮害 (check, hindrance, obstruction), "障 (difficulty, hindrance, obstacle), 差"え (hindrance), 差し"え (hindrance). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そがい (check, damage by rats or mice, estrangement, hindrance, inhibition, neglect, obstruction, taxation, taxes), ししょう (anthology, cabinetmaker, casualties, difficulty, embezzlement, hindrance, injuries and deaths, master, obstacle, poetry and prose, puncture wound, stab, stabbing, stimulation, teacher, thalamus, unlicensed prostitute, woodworker), しょうがい (accident, assault, casualty, commit suicide, damage, disorder, hindrance, injury, obstacle, one's lifetime, public relations, wound), さしつかえ (hindrance). (various references) | |
Korean | 방해물. (various references) | |
Manx | lhiettrimys (bafflement, balk, balk hinderance, ban, bar, barobstruction, constriction, disqualification, drag, drawback, handicap, hang up, hazard, hindrance, hold up, injunction, jam, obstacle, prevention, sanction, victimization), lhiettrim, kiap snapperal (snag, stumbling block), baccid (lameness, limp). (various references) | |
Norwegian | hinder (hurdle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | impedimentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | impedimento (arrest, balk, batman, clog, cramp, delay, deterrent, embargo, estoppel, gag, hindrance, hitch, let, obstacle, obstruction, patency, preclusion, preventer, prevention, preventive, stop, stoppage, trammels), retardar (brake, defer, detain, drop by, lag, obstruct, retard), obstáculo (balk, barrier, baulk, bunker, but, clog, cramp, difficulty, dike, dykes, handicap, hindsight, holder, hurdle, impasse, jump, let, obstacle, obstruction, obstruction to justice, plummet, preventer, prevention, rub, screen, stop, trammels), entrave (barrier, bridle, drag, foul up, restraints), dificuldade (ado, awkwardness, check, checkout, complicacy, cramp, crux, deterrent, difficulty, distress, embassy, encumbrance, fix, handicap, hardness, hardship, hindrance, hitch, hobble, holdback, intricacy, knot, let, matter, mess, need, niche, Nodus, obstacle, obstruction, plummet, quagmire, Ravel, rub, scrape, stress, trammels, trouble). (various references) | |
Romanian | impediment (hindrance, rub), piedicã (balk, bar, brake, check, clog, cumber, delay, difficulty, drag, drawback, embargo, encumbrance, fetter, hindrance, hitch, hold back, interference, jog, lock, marplot, objection, obstacle, obstruction, pull back, sear, set back, sprag, stay, stop, stopper, stopple, stumbling-bloc, trammel, traverse, trigger), obstacol (bar, barrier, check, clog, cumber, delay, dike, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hold back, hurdle, interference, jog, leap, marplot, object, obstacle, obstruction, rub, snag, stay), bâlbâialã (babble, fluff, lisp, stammering), împiedicare la vorbã. (various references) | |
Russian | задержка (backoff, backset, back-set, check, delay, detention, foot-dragging, hitch, holdback, holdup, lag, lagging, lateness, retardation, retardment, set back, setback, suppression, throwback, time-delay, time-lag), препятствие (balk, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, contrariety, countercheck, discouragement, disincentive, drawback, encumbrance, hedge, holdback, hurdle, leap, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, pull back, setback, traverse). (various references) | |
Scottish | col (an impediment, sin). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zapreka (cumber, obstacle), smetnja (cumber, disturbance, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, jam up, nuisance, perturbation, set back, setback), prepreka (ado, balk, bar, barrage, barrier, baulk, difficulty, drag, drawback, hang up, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impeachment, liability, obstacle, obstruction, set back, setback, snag, static, trammel, traverse). (various references) | |
Spanish | impedimento (deterrence, deterrent, disability, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, obstacle, prevention, trammel). (various references) | |
Swedish | hinder (balk, bar, block, check, cumber, curb, disqualification, drag, embargo, embarrassment, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, gorge, hazard, hedge, hindrance, hitch, holdback, hurdle, interference, object, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, stymie, trammel). (various references) | |
Turkish | pelteklik, mani (Crimp, disincentive, hindrance, obstacle, slashing), kekemelik (stammer, stammering, stutter, stuttering), geciktirme (adjournment, delay, postponement, procrastination, retardation), engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, interference, let, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), ayak bağı (hindrance, tie, trammel, wedlock). (various references) | |
Ukranian | заїкання (balbuties, hesitation, hobble, stammer, stutter, stuttering, titubation), затримка (arrest, backing, back-set, balk, check, delay, hold back, objection, retardment, retention, setback, stay, throw back). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật chướng ngại điều l m trở ngại việc ký kết giao kèo, sự trở ngại (block, obstacle), sự ngăn trở (holdback, prevention), điều ngăn trở, điều l m trở ngại (impedient, traverse). (various references) | |
Welsh | atal (arrest, hinder, hindrance, prevent, stop, withhold), anach (disadvantge). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | impedimentem, impedimentum, inpedimento, inpedimentum, pondera, pondere, ponderis, ponderum, pondus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 7, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ferousin autw kwfon mogilalon kai parakalousin auton ina epiqh autw thn ceira |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et adducunt ei surdum et mutum et deprecantur eum ut inponat illi manum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & hyo lædden him ænne deafne & dumbne. & hine bæden. þt he his handon him asette. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei bryngen to hym a man deef and doumbe, and preieden hym to leye his hoond on hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they brought vnto him one yt was deffe and stambred in his speche and prayde him to laye his honde apon him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 7, Verse 32 |
| Bulgarian | И довеждат при Него един глух и заекващ човек, и молят Му се да положи ръка на него. |
| Cebuano | Ug kaniya ilang gidala ang usa ka tawo nga bungol ug may pagkaamang; ug ilang gihangyo si Jesus nga unta itapion niya ang iyang kamot diha kaniya. |
| Chinese | 有 人 帶 著 一 個 耳 聾 舌 結 的 人 、 來 見 耶 穌 、 求 他 按 手 在 他 身 上 。 |
| Croatian | Donesu mu nekoga gluhog mucavca pa ga zamole da stavi na nj ruku. |
| Danish | Og de bringe ham en døv, som også vanskeligt kunde tale, og bede ham om, at han vilde lægge Hånden på ham. |
| Dutch | En zij brachten tot Hem een dove, die zwaarlijk sprak, en baden Hem, dat Hij de hand op hem legde. |
| Finnish | Ja hänen tykönsä tuotiin kuuro, joka oli melkein mykkä, ja he pyysivät häntä panemaan kätensä hänen päälleen. |
| French | On lui amena un sourd, qui avait de la difficulté parler, et on le pria de lui imposer les mains. |
| Gaelic | Agus thug iad ga ionnsuidh duine bodhar is balbh, agus ghuidh iad air, gun cuireadh e a lamh air. |
| German | Und sie brachten zu ihm einen Tauben, der stumm war, und sie baten ihn, daß er die Hand auf ihn legte. |
| Haitian Creole | Yo mennen yon nonm ba li: nonm lan te soudè epi li pa t' pale byen. Yo mande Jezi pou li mete men l' sou tèt nonm lan. |
| Hungarian | És hozának néki egy nehezen szóló siketet, és kérik vala õt, hogy vesse reá kezét. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di situ orang membawa kepada-Nya seorang yang bisu tuli. Mereka minta Yesus meletakkan tangan-Nya ke atas orang itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dibawa oranglah kepada-Nya seorang tuli yang gagap, lalu dipintanya Yesus meletakkan tangan ke atasnya. |
| Italian | E gli condussero un sordomuto, pregandolo di imporgli la mano. |
| Korean | 사 람 " 이 귀 먹 어 눌 한 자 를 데 리 예 수 께 나 아 와 안 수 하 여 주 시 기 를 간 구 하 거 늘 |
| Latvian | Un pie Viòa atveda kurlmçmo un lûdza Viòu, lai Viòð tam uzliek roku. |
| Maori | Na ka mauria mai ki a ia he turi e whango ana; ka tohe ki a ia kia whakapakia iho tona ringa ki a ia. |
| Modern Greek | Και φερουσι προς αυτον κωφον μογιλαλον και παρακαλουσιν αυτον να επιθεση την χειρα επ' αυτον. |
| Norwegian | Og de førte til ham en mann som var døv og hadde ondt for å tale, og de bad ham legge sin hånd på ham. |
| Portuguese | E trouxeram-lhe um surdo, que falava dificilmente; e rogaram-lhe que pusesse a mão sobre ele. |
| Rumanian | I-au adus un surd, care vorbea cu anevoie, wi L-au rugat sq-Wi punq mknile peste el. |
| Russian | рТЙЧЕМЙ Л оЕНХ ЗМХИПЗП ЛПУОПСЪЩЮОПЗП Й ТПУЙМЙ еЗП ЧПЪМПЦЙФШ ОБ ОЕЗП ТХЛХ. |
| Shuar | Nui chichachu ámiayi, kuishin empeku. Nu Shuáran Jesusan itiariar, ni uwejejai antinkiat tusar seawarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Entonces le trajeron un sordo y tartamudo, y le rogaron que le pusiera la mano encima. |
| Swahili | Basi, wakamletea bubu-kiziwi, wakamwomba amwekee mikono. |
| Swedish | Och man förde till honom en som var döv och nästan stum och bad honom att lägga handen på denne. |
| Thai | เขาพาชายหูหนวกพู"ติ"อ่างคนหนึ่งมาหาพระองค์ แล้วทูลอ้อนวอนขอพระองค์ให้ทรงวางพระหัตถ์บนคนนั้น |
| Ukrainian | І приводять до Нього глухого немову, і благають Його, щоб руку на нього поклав. |
| Uma | Hi ree, ria to mpokeni hadua tauna to wongo pai' to neo' uma howa' mololita. Merapi' -ra bona najama-i-hawo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "impediment": impedimenta, impediments. (additional references) | |
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"Impediment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: immediamente, impedement, impediemnt, impedment, impendiment, inpediment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "impediment" (pronounced i'mpe"dumunt) |
| 7 | -e" d u m u n t | sediment. |
| 6 | -d u m u n t | adamant, condiment, rudiment. |
| 5 | -u m u n t | accompaniment, argument, armament, complement, detriment, disarmament, element, excrement, experiment, filament, implement, increment, instrument, integument, ligament, ornament, orpiment, parliament, predicament, rearmament, regiment, sacrament, sentiment, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, vehement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, arraignment, arrangement, assessment, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, comportment, concealment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, extinguishment, figment, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, indictment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, segment, settlement, shipment, statement, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-m-m-n-p-t" | |
-2 letters: pediment. | |
-3 letters: emptied. | |
-4 letters: dement, dipnet, emetin, endite, impede, impend, indite, intime, itemed, meinie, minted, nimmed, peined, pinite, pitied, pitmen, temped, tiepin, tineid. | |
-5 letters: demit, denim, diene, emend, emmet, imide, imine, imped, indie, inept, medii, meted, mimed, mined, minim, nitid, pined, teiid, teind, tempi, tepid, timed, timid, tined. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-m-m-n-p-t" | |
+1 letter: impedimenta, impediments. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 70 65 64 69 6D 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. . -.. .. -- . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01110000 01100101 01100100 01101001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m p e d i m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0070 0065 0064 0069 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43798271707579718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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