"imperil" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɛɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-imperil.wav [Southern-England] Forms: imperils [present, singular, third-person], imperiling [US, participle, present], imperilling [UK, participle, present], imperiled [US, participle, past], imperiled [US, past], imperilled [UK, participle, past], imperilled [UK, past], emperil [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ɛɹəl Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- English peril English imperil From im- + peril. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|im-|peril|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- English peril English imperil [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "im-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "peril", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "imperil", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="imperil"> From im- + peril. Head templates: {{en-verb|+l}} imperil (third-person singular simple present imperils, present participle (US) imperiling or (UK) imperilling, simple past and past participle (US) imperiled or (UK) imperilled)
  1. (transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger. Tags: transitive Synonyms (put into peril): endanger Translations (to put in peril): излагам на опасност (izlagam na opasnost) (Bulgarian), застрашавам (zastrašavam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), застраша (zastraša) [perfective] (Bulgarian), ohrozit [perfective] (Czech), ohrožovat [imperfective] (Czech), menacer (French), compromettre (French), gefährden (German), veszélyeztet (Hungarian), compromettere (Italian), poner en peligro (Spanish), amenazar (Spanish), apeligrar (Spanish), sätta på spel (Swedish), äventyra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-imperil-en-verb-7XszfKaG Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with im-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'put into peril': 94 6 Disambiguation of 'to put in peril': 87 13
  2. (transitive) To risk or hazard. Tags: transitive Translations (to risk): рискувам (riskuvam) (Bulgarian), застрашавам (zastrašavam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), застраша (zastraša) [perfective] (Bulgarian), arriscar (Catalan), riskovat [imperfective] (Czech), risquer (French), riskieren (German), veszélynek tesz ki (Hungarian), arriesgar (Spanish), hota (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-imperil-en-verb-VLhJytMI Disambiguation of 'to risk': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imperiler Related terms: imperilment

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "form": "imperilling",
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    },
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      "form": "imperiled",
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        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "imperilled",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperilled",
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "imperilment"
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        },
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          "text": "\"If Russia mobilises, it is for defence. No nation in the world would dream of attacking Germany, nor has Germany the slightest intention of imperilling her coming supremacy amongst the nations by such crude methods as military enterprise. Servia must be punished, naturally, but to that, in principle, every nation in Europe is agreed. We shall not permit Austria to overstep the mark.\"",
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          "text": "Before long, he had enough baby alligators to imperil every nipple for miles around but a problem soon arose when the cute baby alligators matured into vicious adult beasts.",
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      "sense": "put into peril",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "izlagam na opasnost",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "излагам на опасност"
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      "roman": "zastrašavam",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
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      "word": "застрашавам"
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      "sense": "to put in peril",
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      "word": "застраша"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ohrozit"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
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      "word": "ohrožovat"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "menacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "compromettre"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "gefährden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "veszélyeztet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "compromettere"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "poner en peligro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "amenazar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "apeligrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to put in peril",
      "word": "sätta på spel"
    },
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      "sense": "to put in peril",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "riskuvam",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "рискувам"
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      "roman": "zastrašavam",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "zastraša",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "застраша"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "arriscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to risk",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to risk",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "veszélynek tesz ki"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "arriesgar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to risk",
      "word": "hota"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imperil"
}

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