"impure" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more impure [comparative], most impure [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|impur}} Middle French impur, {{der|en|la|impūrus}} Latin impūrus Head templates: {{en-adj}} impure (comparative more impure, superlative most impure)
  1. Not pure
    Containing undesired intermixtures
    Sense id: en-impure-en-adj-CIgvsChX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 29 30 5
  2. Not pure
    Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
    Sense id: en-impure-en-adj-bEuCfybQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 29 30 5
  3. Not pure
    Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
    Sense id: en-impure-en-adj-ocrEMPsD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 29 30 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: imperfect, tainted, impure Hyponyms: Physical:, deteriorated, unclean, Moral:, immoral, obscene Derived forms: impure name, impure s, pure-impure Related terms: impuration, impurely, impureness, impurify, impurity Translations (not pure): պիղծ (piġc) (Armenian), impuru (Asturian), нячы́сты (njačýsty) (Belarusian), нечи́ст (nečíst) (Bulgarian), с при́мес (s prímes) (Bulgarian), impur (Catalan), 不純 (Chinese Mandarin), 不纯 (bù chún) (Chinese Mandarin), nečistý (Czech), onzuiver (Dutch), malpura (Esperanto), epäpuhdas (Finnish), impur [masculine] (French), impuro (Galician), unrein (German), szennyezett (Hungarian), impur (Interlingua), impuro [masculine] (Italian), 不潔な (fuketsu na) (alt: ふけつな) (Japanese), 불결하다 (bulgyeolhada) (Korean), impūrus (Latin), whaipara (Maori), paruparu (Maori), պիղծ (piłc) (Old Armenian), unsȳfre (Old English), nieczysty (Polish), impuro (Portuguese), нечи́стый (nečístyj) (Russian), с при́месью (s prímesʹju) (Russian), अशुद्ध (aśuddha) (Sanskrit), impuro (Spanish), oren (Swedish), ditagnas (Tagalog), нечи́стий (nečýstyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'not pure': 33 33 33

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impure.wav [Southern-England] Forms: impures [present, singular, third-person], impuring [participle, present], impured [participle, past], impured [past]
Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|impur}} Middle French impur, {{der|en|la|impūrus}} Latin impūrus Head templates: {{en-verb}} impure (third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Hygiene
    Sense id: en-impure-en-verb-b5jhwMbI Disambiguation of Hygiene: 7 34 7 53

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.pyʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-impure.wav
Rhymes: -yʁ Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} impure
  1. feminine singular of impur Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: impur
    Sense id: en-impure-fr-adj-G0hOWb8Z Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /imˈpu.re/
Rhymes: -ure Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} impure
  1. feminine plural of impuro Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: impuro
    Sense id: en-impure-it-adj-VcT0bEga Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: /imˈpuː.re/ [Classical], [ɪmˈpuːrɛ] [Classical], /imˈpu.re/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [imˈpuːre] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: impūre [canonical]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=impūre}} impūre
  1. vocative masculine singular of impūrus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: impūrus
    Sense id: en-impure-la-adj-VBu6OOT0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adverb [Latin]

IPA: /imˈpuː.reː/ [Classical], [ɪmˈpuːreː] [Classical], /imˈpu.re/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [imˈpuːre] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: impūrē [canonical], impūrius [comparative], impūrissimē [superlative]
Head templates: {{la-adv|impūrē}} impūrē (comparative impūrius, superlative impūrissimē)
  1. basely, shamefully, infamously
    Sense id: en-impure-la-adv-9lgeZEl0
  2. impurely
    Sense id: en-impure-la-adv-OLLgz7uw Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 24 32 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for impure meaning in All languages combined (13.9kB)

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      "word": "պիղծ"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "不純"
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "不纯"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "nečistý"
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "onzuiver"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "malpura"
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      "sense": "not pure",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "unrein"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "不潔な"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "불결하다"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "ang",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "sa",
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      "word": "अशुद्ध"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "word": "ditagnas"
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