Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "incontinent" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INCONTINENT

From Old French, from Latin incontinens, from in-1 + continere to hold, restrain.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF INCONTINENT

incontinent  [ɪnˈkɒntɪnənt] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCONTINENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incontinent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INCONTINENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incontinent in the English dictionary

The first definition of incontinent in the dictionary is lacking in restraint or control, esp sexually. Other definition of incontinent is relating to or exhibiting involuntary urination or defecation. Incontinent is also having little or no control.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCONTINENT


abstinent
ˈæbstɪnənt
agglutinant
əˈɡluːtɪnənt
appertinent
æˈpɜːtɪnənt
appurtenant
əˈpɜːtɪnənt
conglutinant
kənˈɡluːtɪnənt
contaminant
kənˈtæmɪnənt
continent
ˈkɒntɪnənt
determinant
dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt
dominant
ˈdɒmɪnənt
eminent
ˈɛmɪnənt
imminent
ˈɪmɪnənt
impertinent
ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt
pertinent
ˈpɜːtɪnənt
predominant
prɪˈdɒmɪnənt
prominent
ˈprɒmɪnənt
recombinant
riːˈkɒmbɪnənt
revenant
ˈrɛvɪnənt
subcontinent
sʌbˈkɒntɪnənt
supercontinent
ˈsuːpəˌkɒntɪnənt
sustinent
ˈsʌstɪnənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCONTINENT

inconsumably
incontestability
incontestable
incontestableness
incontestably
incontiguous
incontiguously
incontinence
incontinence pad
incontinency
incontinently
incontrollable
incontrollably
incontrovertibility
incontrovertible
incontrovertibleness
incontrovertibly
inconvenience
inconveniency
inconvenient

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCONTINENT

base component
bicomponent
component
Dark Continent
desinent
exponent
immanent
impermanent
multicomponent
opponent
permanent
ponent
pre-eminent
proponent
remanent
semipermanent
subcomponent
supereminent
the Continent
the Dark Continent

Synonyms and antonyms of incontinent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCONTINENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incontinent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of incontinent

Translation of «incontinent» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF INCONTINENT

Find out the translation of incontinent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incontinent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incontinent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

失禁的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incontinente
570 millions of speakers

English

incontinent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असंयमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منفلت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

недержанием
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incontinente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসংযমী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

incontinent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Incontinent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

inkontinent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

失禁の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요실금의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Incontinent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không ngăn lại được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன்னடக்கமற்றவனாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असंबद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

idrarını tutamayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incontinente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moczu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нетриманням
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

incontinent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακράτεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bandeloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inkontinent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inkontinent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incontinent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONTINENT»

The term «incontinent» is regularly used and occupies the 92.157 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
57
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «incontinent» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of incontinent
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «incontinent».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCONTINENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «incontinent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «incontinent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incontinent

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCONTINENT»

Discover the use of incontinent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incontinent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mentally Incontinent: That Time I Burned Down a Hooters, ...
In 2005, he self-published the best stories from his site as a collection and in the years since he?s been holding impromptu readings across the country, selling thousands of copies (mostly out of the back of his truck).
Joe Peacock, 2009
2
Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts
Nurses can encourage older adults to take advantage of these kinds of resources rather than accepting incontinence as an inevitable condition that compromises their quality of life. In institutional settings, older adults may become incontinent ...
Barbara Kuhn Timby, 2009
3
The Nursing Assistant's Handbook
They are said to be incontinent. Incontinence can occur in residents who are confined to bed, ill, paralyzed, or who have circulatory or nervous system diseases or injuries. Diarrhea can also cause temporary incontinence. Residents who are ...
Jetta Lee Fuzy, 2003
4
Complications in Laser Cutaneous Surgery
Surveys showed that physical mobility problems, specific neurological symptoms, lower urinary tract symptoms, bowel problems and history of genital surgery are more prevalent among those who are incontinent than among those who are ...
David J. Goldberg, 2004
5
Ethics With Aristotle
However reasonable this seems, we must beware of going too far in regarding the Aristotelian incontinent as lacking knowledge with which the virtuous person is blest. For Aristotle wants to establish, contra Socrates, that in a certain sense or  ...
Sarah Broadie Professor of Philosophy Princeton University, 1991
6
Vaginal Surgery for Incontinence and Prolapse
... (60–96) 0% continent 10% incontinent flatus only 79% soiling 21% incontinent solid stool 8/46 other surgery Karoui etal, 2000 (38) 74/86 (86) 40 months 28% continent 23% incontinent flatus only 49% incontinent stool Halverson and Null, ...
Philippe E. Zimmern, Peggy A. Norton, Francois Haab, 2006
7
Fecal & Urinary Diversions: Management Principles
Less bowel is needed to create an incontinent diversion. Therefore, for patients with decreased small bowel length from multiple bowel resections, congenital anomalies, or bowel diseases, incontinent diversions are the procedure of choice .
Janice Colwell, 2004
8
Conscience and Other Virtues: From Bonaventure to MacIntyre
Incontinent action is chosen, but it is not done from choice. By an act done "from choice" Thomas means an act in accordance with the agent's moral disposition and hence reflecting his opinion of what is good in general. The basis for this ...
Douglas C. Langston, 2008
9
The Body Embarrassed: Drama and the Disciplines of Shame in ...
LEAKY. VESSELS. The. Incontinent. Women. of. City. Comedy. The incontinence on which this chapter focuses is not the relatively comfortable subject of sexual incontinence in women but its much less comfortable analogue — bladder ...
Gail Kern Paster, 1993
10
Perioperative Safety
Follow institutional policies if MRSA. infants and young children C DI Gangrene ( gas gangrene) 5 Not transmitted from person to person Castroenteritis 5 Use contact precautions for diapered or incontinent persons for the duration of illness or ...
Donna S. Watson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCONTINENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incontinent is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Labour must learn to speak human, whatever its policies | Jonathan …
... easily understood response to the charge that Labour's incontinent spending, rather than the global crash, had ballooned the deficit. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Raising the Bar on Respectful Care During Childbirth | Kate Grant
... infections or injuries like obstetric fistula, a condition that results from prolonged obstructed labor and renders a woman incontinent. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Donald Trump is number one? - The News Star
... you into being sanguine about this insane moment when the leader of the Republican field is a two-legged id with an incontinent mouth. «Monroe News Star, Jul 15»
4
Deepak Lal: The travails of 'Europe'- II | Business Standard Column
... the "no bailout clause" of the euro treaty - inserted to insure euro zone taxpayers against paying the debts of the zone's incontinent members. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
5
allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: The Death of Irony in Zimbabwe
They were of course referring to incontinent remarks by Zimbabwe's life President, in power for 35 years (longer than I have been alive). «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
6
Morecambe Corrie star's vow to fight for disabled fund
“People who are not even incontinent are being told to wear incontinent pants as they are not getting any help from 9pm until the morning. «Lancaster Today, Jul 15»
7
York Region senior caregivers share ups, downs - YorkRegion.com
Her father falls repeatedly, is sometimes incontinent and insists he is capable of driving even though he has lost his driver's licence. Navigating ... «YorkRegion.com, Jul 15»
8
Why is one sibling always left to care for elderly parents? Asks KATE …
Within a year she'd had a stroke and was bedridden and incontinent. At the time I was living in a friend's spare room in a flat nearby, having left ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Online Scorecard Shows Surgeons' Complication Rates
"If I'm having a prostate procedure, I want to know my risk of winding up impotent, or incontinent. If I have a knee replacement, I want to know ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
10
Alzheimer's and Dehydration
Some may avoid taking fluids if they are incontinent. Dehydration is a major reason why many adults suffering from dementia are treated in the ... «Miami News Record, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Incontinent [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/incontinent>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z