impurity

English

Etymology

impure +‎ -ity. From Middle French impurité, from Latin impuritas.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpjɝɪti/, /ɪmˈpjuɹɪti/
Audio (UK) (file)

This citrine stone is a quartz stone that has turned golden yellow due to iron impurities.

Noun

impurity (countable and uncountable, plural impurities)

The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.
A component or additive that renders something else impure.
- 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
  An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.

Synonyms

impureness

Antonyms

purity

Translations

the condition of being impure

Bulgarian: замърсяване (bg) n (zamǎrsjavane)
Catalan: impuresa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雜質 (zh), 杂质 (zh) (zázhì, zázhí)
Dutch: onzuiverheid (nl) f, onreinheid (nl)
French: impureté (fr) f
German: Unreinheit (de) f, Verunreinigung (de) f
Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (unhrainiþa), 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 f (unhrainei)
Gujarati: અશુદ્ધિ (aśuddhi)
Hungarian: tisztátalanság (hu)
Japanese: 不純 (ja) (ふじゅん, fujun), 汚れ (ja) (けがれ, kegare)
Latin: impūritās f
Macedonian: нечистотија f (nečistotija), примесност f (primesnost)
Polish: nieczystość (pl) f
Portuguese: impuridade f, impureza (pt) f
Romanian: impuritate (ro), necurățenie (ro)
Russian: нечистота́ (ru) f (nečistotá)
Tagalog: kaditagnasan

a component or additive that renders something else impure

Bulgarian: онечистване n (onečistvane)
Catalan: impuresa f
Dutch: onzuiverheid (nl) f, bezoedeling
German: Unreinheit (de) f, Fremdkörper (de) m
Greek: ρύπος (el) m (rýpos)
Ancient: ἀκαθαρσία f (akatharsía)
Hungarian: szennyeződés (hu)
Japanese: 不純物 (ふじゅんぶつ, fujunbutsu)
Korean: 불순물 (ko) (bulsunmul)
Macedonian: примеса f (primesa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: urenhet m or f, ureinhet m or f
Portuguese: impureza (pt) f, impuridade f
Russian: при́месь (ru) f (prímesʹ), загрязне́ние (ru) n (zagrjaznénije)
Sanskrit: रेपस् (sa) n (repas)
Spanish: impureza (es)
Ukrainian: до́мішка f (dómiška)

a state of immorality

Bulgarian: нецеломъдреност f (necelomǎdrenost)
Dutch: bezoedeling, onreinheid (nl)
German: Unreinheit (de) f
Greek: ανηθικότητα (el) f (anithikótita)
Hungarian: erkölcstelenség (hu)
Japanese: 汚れ (ja) (けがれ, kegare)
Portuguese: impureza (pt) f, impudor (pt) m
Russian: нечистопло́тность (ru) f (nečistoplótnostʹ)

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Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} impurità (it) f
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 불순 (ko) (bulsun)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} impureza (es) f