"impure" meaning in English

See impure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impure.wav 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
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  2. Not pure
    Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
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  3. Not pure
    Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
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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), अशुद्ध (aśuddh) (Hindi), szennyezett (Hungarian), impur (Interlingua), neamhghlan (Irish), 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

IPA: /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impure.wav 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
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Inflected forms

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      "word": "պիղծ"
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      "sense": "not pure",
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      "sense": "not pure",
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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",
      "word": "epäpuhdas"
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      "sense": "not pure",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "impuro"
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "unrein"
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "अशुद्ध"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "ditagnas"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nečýstyj",
      "sense": "not pure",
      "word": "нечи́стий"
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