noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪnkənˈviːnɪəns/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɪŋk-/
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General-American:/ɪnkənˈvinjəns/
General-American:/ɪŋk-/
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N K AH0 N V IY1 N Y AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being inconvenient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To bother; to discomfort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a difficulty that causes anxiety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: troublesomeness, worriment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: difficulty, difficultness
Narrower terms: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness, flea bite, fly in the ointment
5
noun
Meaning 5
the quality of not being useful or convenient
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incommodiousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discomfort, uncomfortableness
7
verb
Meaning 7
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Sorry to trouble you, but...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trouble, put out, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Narrower terms: straiten, distress
History
Etymology
From Middle English inconvenience, from Old French inconvenience (“misfortune, calamity, impropriety”) (compare French inconvenance (“impropriety”) and inconvénient (“inconvenience”)), from Late Latin inconvenientia (“inconsistency, incongruity”).
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
нязру́чнасць
(njazrúčnascʹ)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Belarusian:
невыго́да
(njevyhóda)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Belarusian:
невыго́днасць
(njevyhódnascʹ)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Bulgarian:
неудо́бство
(neudóbstvo)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Bulgarian:
притесне́ние
(pritesnénie)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Catalan:
inconveniència
— something inconvenient or bothering
Catalan:
incomoditat
— something inconvenient or bothering
Chinese Mandarin:
不便
(bùbiàn)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Chinese Mandarin:
不方便
(bùfāngbiàn)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Chinese Mandarin:
麻煩 /麻烦
(máfan)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Czech:
nepříjemnost
— something inconvenient or bothering
Dutch:
ongemak
— something inconvenient or bothering
Dutch:
verstoring
— something inconvenient or bothering
Estonian:
ebamugavus
— something inconvenient or bothering
Estonian:
tülin
— something inconvenient or bothering
Finnish:
hankaluus
— something inconvenient or bothering
Finnish:
vaiva
— something inconvenient or bothering
Finnish:
epämukavuus
— something inconvenient or bothering
Finnish:
rasitus
— something inconvenient or bothering
Finnish:
vastus
— something inconvenient or bothering
Finnish:
harmi
— something inconvenient or bothering
Finnish:
kiusa
— something inconvenient or bothering
French:
dérangement
— something inconvenient or bothering
French:
désagrément
— something inconvenient or bothering
German:
Unannehmlichkeit
— something inconvenient or bothering
Hebrew:
אי נוחות
— something inconvenient or bothering
Hindi:
असुविधा
(asuvidhā)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Hungarian:
kellemetlenség
— something inconvenient or bothering
Hungarian:
alkalmatlanság
— something inconvenient or bothering
Hungarian:
kényelmetlenség
— something inconvenient or bothering
Italian:
disagio
— something inconvenient or bothering
Italian:
inconveniente
— something inconvenient or bothering
Italian:
disturbo
— something inconvenient or bothering
Italian:
fastidio
— something inconvenient or bothering
Italian:
incomodo
— something inconvenient or bothering
Japanese:
不便
(fuben)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Japanese:
面倒
(mendō)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Japanese:
厄介
(yakkai)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Korean:
불편
(bulpyeon)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Latin:
incommoditās
— something inconvenient or bothering
Māori:
pūheki
— something inconvenient or bothering
Māori:
pūwheki
— something inconvenient or bothering
Polish:
niedogodność
— something inconvenient or bothering
Polish:
niewygoda
— something inconvenient or bothering
Portuguese:
inconveniência
— something inconvenient or bothering
Portuguese:
incómodo
— something inconvenient or bothering
Portuguese:
incômodo
— something inconvenient or bothering
Romanian:
deranj
— something inconvenient or bothering
Romanian:
incomodare
— something inconvenient or bothering
Romanian:
neplăcere
— something inconvenient or bothering
Romanian:
inconveniență
— something inconvenient or bothering
Russian:
неудо́бство
(neudóbstvo)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Russian:
беспоко́йство
(bespokójstvo)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Slovak:
nepríjemnosť
— something inconvenient or bothering
Spanish:
inconveniencia
— something inconvenient or bothering
Swedish:
olägenhet
— something inconvenient or bothering
Swedish:
besvär
— something inconvenient or bothering
Swedish:
krångel
— something inconvenient or bothering
Swedish:
strul
— something inconvenient or bothering
Ukrainian:
незру́чність
(nezrúčnistʹ)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Ukrainian:
неви́года
(nevýhoda)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Ukrainian:
неви́гідність
(nevýhidnistʹ)
— something inconvenient or bothering
Bulgarian:
притеснявам
(pritesnjavam)
— to bother or discomfort
Esperanto:
ĝeni
— to bother or discomfort
Finnish:
vaivata
— to bother or discomfort
Finnish:
rasittaa
— to bother or discomfort
Finnish:
tuoda hankaluutta
— to bother or discomfort
Finnish:
tuottaa vaivaa
— to bother or discomfort
Finnish:
kiusata
— to bother or discomfort
German:
lästig sein
— to bother or discomfort
German:
stören
— to bother or discomfort
German:
Unannehmlichkeiten bereiten
— to bother or discomfort
Irish:
cuir isteach ar
— to bother or discomfort
Latin:
incommodō
— to bother or discomfort
Latvian:
traucēt
— to bother or discomfort
Māori:
whakahōhā
— to bother or discomfort
Portuguese:
incomodar
— to bother or discomfort
Portuguese:
perturbar
— to bother or discomfort
Portuguese:
importunar
— to bother or discomfort
Portuguese:
encher o saco
— to bother or discomfort
Portuguese:
pentelhar
— to bother or discomfort
Romanian:
deranja
— to bother or discomfort
Romanian:
incomoda
— to bother or discomfort
Romanian:
importuna
— to bother or discomfort
Russian:
доставля́ть неудо́бства
(dostavljátʹ neudóbstva)
— to bother or discomfort
Spanish:
importunar
— to bother or discomfort
Spanish:
ser(le) inconveniente / disconveniente
(a)
— to bother or discomfort
Swedish:
besvära
— to bother or discomfort
Swedish:
förorsaka besvär
— to bother or discomfort
