"impost" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Catalan]

Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-impost.wav Forms: imposts [plural], impostos [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1905. Borrowed either from French impôt, or directly from Latin impositus. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1905}} 1905, {{etydate|1905}} First attested in 1905., {{bor|ca|fr|impôt}} French impôt, {{bor|ca|la|impositus}} Latin impositus Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} impost m (plural imposts or impostos)
  1. tax Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Taxation
    Sense id: en-impost-ca-noun-H~wEBrmJ Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Catalan nouns with multiple plurals

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɪmpəʊst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪmpoʊst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impost.wav [Southern-England] Forms: imposts [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊst Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impost, itself borrowed or adapted from Latin impōsitus, past participle of impōnō (“I impose”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|impost}} Middle French impost, {{der|en|la|impōsitus}} Latin impōsitus, {{m|la|impōnō|t=I impose}} impōnō (“I impose”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} impost (plural imposts)
  1. (chiefly historical) A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise. Tags: historical Translations (tax): налог (nalog) [masculine] (Bulgarian), данък (danǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), podatek [masculine] (Polish), impozit (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-impost-en-noun-CUs6NkmG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 42 10 Disambiguation of 'tax': 100 0
  2. (horse racing, slang) The weight that must be carried by a horse in a race, the handicap. Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Horse racing
    Sense id: en-impost-en-noun-RHz8~0Qt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 42 10 Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: imposter, impostor, impose
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɪmpəʊst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪmpoʊst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impost.wav [Southern-England] Forms: imposts [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊst Etymology: From Italian imposta, from Latin imposta. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|imposta}} Italian imposta, {{der|en|la|imposta}} Latin imposta Head templates: {{en-noun}} impost (plural imposts)
  1. (architecture) The top part of a column, pillar, pier, wall, etc. that supports an arch. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-impost-en-noun-en:architecture Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [Maltese]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɔst/ Forms: imposta [feminine, singular], imposti [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian imposto. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|mt|it|imposto|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian imposto, {{bor+|mt|it|imposto}} Borrowed from Italian imposto Head templates: {{mt-adj|f=imposta|p=imposti}} impost (feminine singular imposta, plural imposti)
  1. imposed
    Sense id: en-impost-mt-adj-JMh4O69d Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Maltese terms with collocations

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈim.pɔst/
Rhymes: -impɔst Etymology: Borrowed from Italian imposta. Etymology templates: {{dercat|pl|la}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pl|it|imposta|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Italian imposta, {{bor+|pl|it|imposta}} Borrowed from Italian imposta Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} impost m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], impost [nominative, singular], imposty [nominative, plural], impostu [genitive, singular], impostów [genitive, plural], impostowi [dative, singular], impostom [dative, plural], impost [accusative, singular], imposty [accusative, plural], impostem [instrumental, singular], impostami [instrumental, plural], impoście [locative, singular], impostach [locative, plural], impoście [singular, vocative], imposty [plural, vocative]
  1. (architecture) impost, impost block (projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer or lowest voussoir of an arch) Tags: inanimate, masculine Categories (topical): Architectural elements Synonyms: nasadnik

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Polish 2-syllable words",
        "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Polish inanimate nouns",
        "Polish lemmas",
        "Polish links with manual fragments",
        "Polish links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Polish links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Polish masculine nouns",
        "Polish nouns",
        "Polish terms borrowed from Italian",
        "Polish terms derived from Italian",
        "Polish terms derived from Latin",
        "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Polish terms with audio links",
        "Rhymes:Polish/impɔst",
        "Rhymes:Polish/impɔst/2 syllables",
        "pl:Architectural elements"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "impost, impost block (projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer or lowest voussoir of an arch)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "impost",
          "impost#English"
        ],
        [
          "impost block",
          "impost block"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) impost, impost block (projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer or lowest voussoir of an arch)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nasadnik"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈim.pɔst/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-impɔst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impost"
}

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