"impropriety" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/ Audio: En-us-impropriety.ogg [US] Forms: improprieties [plural]
Etymology: From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*preyH-}}, {{uder|en|fr|impropriété}} French impropriété, {{uder|en|la|improprietās}} Latin improprietās, {{surf|en|improper|-iety}} By surface analysis, improper + -iety, {{af|en|im-|propriety}} im- + propriety Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} impropriety (countable and uncountable, plural improprieties)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being improper. Tags: uncountable Translations (being improper): неуместност (neumestnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Ungehörigkeit [feminine] (German), Unanständigkeit [feminine] (German), Ungebührlichkeit [feminine] (German), ακοσμία (akosmía) [feminine] (Greek), anoyr [masculine] (Manx), meechiartys [masculine] (Manx), neughoaiys [masculine] (Manx), neuyeshid [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-impropriety-en-noun-3myqqUYu Categories (other): English terms prefixed with im-, English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 45 27 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 45 27 28 Disambiguation of 'being improper': 46 26 28
  2. (countable) An improper act. Tags: countable Translations (Improper act): Fehlverhalten [neuter] (German), Ungehörigkeit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-impropriety-en-noun-4XaPYE7W Disambiguation of 'Improper act': 15 66 18
  3. Improper language. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Improper language): непристоен език (nepristoen ezik) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-impropriety-en-noun-uFTAMpz9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -iety, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 6 84 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 3 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -iety: 15 8 78 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 9 75 Disambiguation of 'Improper language': 11 9 80

Inflected forms

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