incontinence

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• UK: /ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N K AA1 N T AH0 N AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English incontinence, from Old French incontinence or its etymon Latin incontinentia. Doublet of incontinency.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: несдържаност (nesdǎržanost) — lack of self-restraint
• Chinese Mandarin: 無節制 /无节制 (wú jiézhì) — lack of self-restraint
• Finnish: siveettömyys — lack of self-restraint
• French: incontinence — lack of self-restraint
• German: Zügellosigkeit — lack of self-restraint
• German: Hemmungslosigkeit — lack of self-restraint
• Irish: neamh-mheasarthacht — lack of self-restraint
• Irish: ainriantacht — lack of self-restraint
• Italian: incontinenza — lack of self-restraint
• Japanese: 自制がない (jisei ga nai) — lack of self-restraint
• Japanese: 抑制できない (yokusei dekinai) — lack of self-restraint
• Latin: incontinēntia — lack of self-restraint
• Manx: neuyeeinymneeaght — lack of self-restraint
• Manx: neuyeeinymaght — lack of self-restraint
• Portuguese: incontinência — lack of self-restraint
• Russian: несде́ржанность (nesdéržannostʹ) — lack of self-restraint
• Spanish: incontinencia — lack of self-restraint
• Arabic: سَلَس (salas) — inability to restrain discharge
• Catalan: incontinència — inability to restrain discharge
• Chinese Mandarin: 失禁 (shījìn) — inability to restrain discharge
• Danish: inkontinens — inability to restrain discharge
• Dutch: incontinentie — inability to restrain discharge
• Finnish: karkailu — inability to restrain discharge
• Finnish: inkontinenssi — inability to restrain discharge
• French: incontinence — inability to restrain discharge
• German: Inkontinenz — inability to restrain discharge
• Greek: ακράτεια (akráteia) — inability to restrain discharge
• Irish: neamhchoinneálacht — inability to restrain discharge
• Italian: incontinenza — inability to restrain discharge
• Japanese: 失禁 (shikkin) — inability to restrain discharge
• Norwegian: inkontinens — inability to restrain discharge
• Polish: inkontynencja — inability to restrain discharge
• Portuguese: incontinência — inability to restrain discharge
• Russian: недержа́ние (nederžánije) — inability to restrain discharge
• Russian: инконтине́нция (inkontinéncija) — inability to restrain discharge
• Spanish: incontinencia — inability to restrain discharge
• Swedish: inkontinens — inability to restrain discharge
• Zhuang: raix — inability to restrain discharge