• IPA: /ˈɪmpətəns/

impotence (uncountable)

1. Powerlessness; incapacity.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398 ↗, line 52, [https://archive.org/stream/paradiseregaindp00milt_0#page/{}/mode/1up page 12]:

     O impotence of mind, in body ſtrong!

2. Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.

• impotent

• French: impuissance
• German: Machtlosigkeit
• Portuguese: impotência
• Russian: бесси́лие
• Spanish: impotencia

• French: impuissance
• German: Impotenz, Zeugungsunfähigkeit
• Russian: импоте́нция
• Spanish: impotencia