different between impertinence vs chutzpah

English

Etymology

French impertinence

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m.?p??.t?.n?ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m.?p?.t?.n?ns/

Noun

impertinence (countable and uncountable, plural impertinences)

1. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
2. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
3. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
4. (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p??.ti.n??s/

Noun

impertinence f (plural impertinences)

1. impertinence

Further reading

• “impertinence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• khutzpah, khutspah, chutspah, chutzpa, khutspe

Etymology

Originated 1890–95 from Yiddish ??????? (khutspe), from Mishnaic Hebrew ?????????? (?ô??pâ) (Sotah 9:15 in MSS Kaufmann A50), from ?????? (???ap, “to be insolent”). Ultimately from Aramaic ????????? (???îp??), ?????? (?a?ap, “to be barefaced, insolent”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ??o?ots?p?, IPA^(key): /?x?ts.p?/
• (US) enPR: ??o?ots?p?, IPA^(key): /?x?ts.p?/

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ho?ots?p?, IPA^(key): /?h?ts.p?/
• (US) enPR: ho?ots?p?, IPA^(key): /?h?ts.p?/

Noun

chutzpah (usually uncountable, plural chutzpahs)

1. (informal) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion.

   Synonyms: cheek, nerve, boldness, audacity, insolence

Related terms

• chutzpadik (adjective)

Translations

See also

• cheek (noun), cheekiness (noun), cheeky (adjective), immortal rind (noun)

References

• “chutzpah”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “chutzpah” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "chutzpah" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Further reading

• chutzpah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia