Impure — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

combined with extraneous elements

(used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmpjˈʊɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪmpjˈʊə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪmpjˈʊə/

2 syllables Say it as /ɪmpjˈʊɹ/.

Examples

impure thoughts
unclean meat
and the swine...is unclean to you

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unclean

Antonyms

pure clean

Parts of Speech

adjective	combined with extraneous elements
adjective	(used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene “impure thoughts”
adjective	having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; ; -Leviticus 11:3 “unclean meat”

Word Forms

impureness	noun	the condition of being impure
impurity	noun	worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
uncleanness	noun	the state of being unsanitary

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unrein

kombiniert mit Fremdelementen

🇫🇷French

impur

combiné avec des éléments étrangers

🇪🇸Spanish

impuro

combinado con elementos extraños

🇮🇹Italian

impuro

combinato con elementi estranei

🇳🇱Dutch

onzuiver

gecombineerd met externe elementen

🇵🇹Portuguese

impuro

combinado com elementos estranhos

🇷🇺Russian

нечистый

в сочетании с посторонними элементами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अशुद्ध

बाहरी तत्वों के साथ संयुक्त

🇧🇩Bengali

অপবিত্র

বহিরাগত উপাদানগুলির সাথে মিলিত

🇮🇳Tamil

தூய்மையற்ற

புறம்பான கூறுகளுடன் இணைந்து

🇮🇳Telugu

అపవిత్రమైనది

అదనపు అంశాలతో కలిపి

🇮🇳Marathi

अशुद्ध

बाह्य घटकांसह एकत्रित

🇮🇳Gujarati

અશુદ્ધ

બાહ્ય તત્વો સાથે જોડાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಶುದ್ಧ

ಬಾಹ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂಯೋಜಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അശുദ്ധമായ

ബാഹ്യ ഘടകങ്ങളുമായി സംയോജിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸ਼ੁੱਧ

ਬਾਹਰਲੇ ਤੱਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲਾ ਕੇ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناپاک

بیرونی عناصر کے ساتھ مل کر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不纯的

与无关元素结合

🇯🇵Japanese

不純な

無関係な要素と組み合わせる

🇰🇷Korean

더러운

외부 요소와 결합

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không tinh khiết

kết hợp với các yếu tố bên ngoài

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่บริสุทธิ์

รวมกับองค์ประกอบภายนอก

🇮🇩Indonesian

najis

dipadukan dengan unsur asing

🇵🇭Filipino

marumi

pinagsama sa mga extraneous na elemento

🇲🇾Malay

najis

digabungkan dengan unsur-unsur luar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ملوث

جنبا إلى جنب مع عناصر غريبة

🇮🇷Persian

نجس

با عناصر خارجی ترکیب شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

saf olmayan

yabancı unsurlarla birleştirilmiş

🇮🇱Hebrew

טָמֵא

בשילוב עם אלמנטים זרים

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