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inconvenience
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?nk?n?vi?n??ns/, /??k-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?nk?n?vinj?ns/, /??k-/
- Hyphenation: in?con?ve?nience
Noun
inconvenience (countable and uncountable, plural inconveniences)
- The quality of being inconvenient.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- They plead against the inconvenience, not the unlawfulness, […] of ceremonies in burial.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- [Man] is liable to a great many inconveniences.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
Synonyms
- (something inconvenient): annoyance, nuisance, trouble
Translations
Verb
inconvenience (third-person singular simple present inconveniences, present participle inconveniencing, simple past and past participle inconvenienced)
- to bother; to discomfort
Synonyms
- (obsolete) discommodate
Translations
Further reading
- inconvenience in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- inconvenience in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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handicap
English
Etymology
From hand in cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hænd?kæp/
Noun
handicap (countable and uncountable, plural handicaps)
- Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
- An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
- (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
- A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
- (obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
Derived terms
- Benghazi Handicap
Translations
Verb
handicap (third-person singular simple present handicaps, present participle handicapping, simple past and past participle handicapped)
- (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
- (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
- To estimate betting odds.
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???n.di?k?p/
Noun
handicap m (plural handicaps, diminutive handicapje n)
- disability
- handicap, disadvantage
- (sports, golf) handicap, measure of ability
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hændikæp/, [?hændikæp]
Noun
handicap
- (anglicism) handicap (allowance)
Declension
Synonyms
- tasoitus
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /??.di.kap/
Noun
handicap m (plural handicaps)
- handicap
- disability
Derived terms
- handicapé
Further reading
- “handicap” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Noun
handicap m (invariable)
- handicap (disability; horserace)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: han?di?cap
Noun
handicap m (uncountable)
- handicap, disadvantage
- advantage
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /andi?kap/, [ãn?.d?i?kap]
Noun
handicap m (plural handicaps)
- handicap
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