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impure

/ˌɪmˈpjʊə/im-PYUUR
/ˌɪmˈpjʊɹ/im-PYUUR

Meaningnot clean

Common meaning: mixed with something unwanted

Other meanings: morally wrong

‘in, into’ + ‘clean, unmixed’ → impure

Journey through time

  1. Latinimpurus‘not clean’source
  2. Frenchimpur‘impure’source
  3. Englishimpure‘mixed with something unwanted’ · today

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 pūrus ‘clean, unmixed’.

Roots

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