English → Latin
“impertinent” in Latin
aliēnusOf that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign; unfriendly, inimical, hostile, susimportūnusinconvenient, unsuitable; annoying; rudeimpolītusrough, unpolishedinurbānusrustic, ungraceful, unmannerlymaximusbiggest, largest; loudest; unencumberedlocūtorspeaker, talker
The English word impertinent itself goes back to Latin impertinēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
impertinent
Not relating to the matter in hand, ad rem nihil pertinens: alienus or alicui rei (maxime) alienus (e.g., hic non alienum est admonere; non alienum fuerit exigere, etc., Quint.).
Meddling, troublesome, importunus (troublesome, etc.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) importunus atque incommodus (Plaut.); levis et futilis et importunus (e.g., locutor, Gell.): impolitus: inurbanus (uncivil). Sometimes petulans, procax, protervus may do.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for impertinent?
- The usual Latin words for “impertinent” are aliēnus, importūnus, impolītus; also inurbānus, maximus, locūtor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.