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immaculate

/ˌɪˈmækjuːlɪt/ih-MA-kyoo-lit
/ˌɪˈmækjulɪt/ih-MA-kyoo-lit

Meaningspotless

Common meaning: spotless

Other meanings: perfectly clean

‘in, into’ + ‘a spot, stain’ → immaculate

Journey through time

  1. Latinmacula‘a spot, stain’
  2. Englishimmaculate‘spotless’ · today

im- also in: imbibeimmureimpaleimpartimpede

macul also in: maculate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin macula ‘a spot, stain’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry macula, p. 1094 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • macula Latin “a spot, stain”

Related words

maculate

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